27 inspiring employee engagement quotes

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27 Inspiring
“Employee Engagement”
Quotes

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If your employee engagement efforts have failed to
produce results, or you are feeling low, take a small break
to read these inspirational quotes from authors, experts,
and business leaders. Hopefully, they will serve as a
reminder of the vital like between business success and
employee engagement, and help you get back your
employee engagement mojo.
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“To win in the
marketplace you must
first win in the
workplace.”
Doug Conant
Image source: ClipArt kid
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“Employee engagement is the
emotional commitment the
employee has to the
organization and its goals.” –
Kevin Kruse
Image source: Max Pixel
4

“There are only three measurements
that tell you nearly everything you
need to know about your
organization’s overall performance:
employee engagement, customer
satisfaction, and cash flow. It goes
without saying that no company,
small or large, can win over the long
run without energized employees
who believe in the mission and
understand how to achieve it.”
Jack Welch
Cash
Flow
Customer
Satisfaction
Employee
Engagement
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“Connect the dots
between individual roles
and the goals of the
organization. When
people see that
connection, they get a lot
of energy out of work.
They feel the importance,
dignity, and meaning in
their job.”
Ken Blanchard and Scott
Blanchard
INDIVIDUAL
ROLES
ORGANIZATION
GOALS
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“It’s sad, really, how a
negative workplace can
impact our lives and the
way we feel about
ourselves. Most people go
to work at jobs they dislike,
supervised by people who
don’t care about them,
and directed by senior
leaders who are often
clueless about where to
take the company.”
Leigh Branham and Mark
Hirschfeld
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“Engaged
employees are
in the game for
the sake of the
game; they
believe in the
cause of the
organization.
Paul Marciano
Image source: Flickr
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“Some
companies don’t
have an
engagement
problem, they
have a hiring
problem.”
Bob Kelleher
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“Employees
engage with
employers and
brands when
they’re treated
as humans
worthy of
respect.”
Meghan Biro
Image source: Wikimedia
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“Highly engaged
employees make the
customer
experience.
Disengaged
employees break it.”
Timothy R. Clark
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“Dispirited,
unmotivated,
unappreciated
workers cannot
compete in a
highly
competitive
world.”
Francis
Hesselbein
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“When people
go to work,
they shouldn’t
have to leave
their hearts at
home.”
Betty Bender
Image source: Pixabay
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“The only way to do
great work is to love
what you do.”
Steve Jobs
Image source: Pixabay
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“Your number
one customers
are your
people. Look
after employees
first and then
customers last.”
Ian Hutchinson
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“The first
responsibility of a
leader is to define
reality. The last is
to say thank you.
In between, the
leader is a
servant.”
Max DePree,
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“The way your
employees feel is
the way your
customers will
feel. And if your
employees don’t
feel valued,
neither will your
customers.”
Sybil F. Stershic
Image source: Pixnio
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“All
employees
have an innate
desire to
contribute to
something
bigger than
themselves.”
Jag
Randhawa,
Image source: corbisimages
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“Everyone wants to be
appreciated, so if you
appreciate someone,
don’t keep it a secret.”
Mary Kay Ash
Image source: corbisimages
19

“When people are
financially invested,
they want a return.
When people
are emotionally
invested, they want
to contribute.”
Simon Sinek,
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“Consequences for
current or past
behavior have the
strongest influence
on future
behaviors.”
Scott Carbonara
Image source: Call centre operators of the Direct Line with Vladimir Putin
21

“People want to know
they matter and they
want to be treated as
people. That’s the new
talent contract.”
Pamela Stroko
Image source: Unsplash
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"The simple
act of paying
positive
attention to
people has a
great deal to
do with
productivity.
Tom Peters
Image source: Maxpixel
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“It isn’t effective or
productive to force
your employees to do
anything. Choice
empowers people and
makes for a more
content workforce.”
Sir Richard Branson
Image credit: B Rosen
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“Work without
joy is drudgery.
Drudgery does
not produce
champions, nor
does it produce
great
organizations.”
John Wooden
25

“You cannot build
character and courage
by taking away a man’s
initiative and
independence.”
Abraham Lincoln
Image source: PublicDomainPictures
26

“By listening
with calm and
understanding,
we can ease
the suffering of
another
person.”
Thich Nhat
Hanh
Image source: Pexel
27

“Innovation
happens when
people are given
the freedom to
ask questions and
the resources and
power to find the
answers.”
Sir Richard
Branson
Image source: freestockphotos
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TURNED ON
people figure out
how to beat the
competition,
TURNED OFF
people only
complain about
being beaten by
the competition.
Ben Simonton
Image sourc: maxpixel
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Hopefully, these great thoughts will contribute to
designing an employee engagement program, to create a
team of highly motivated, invested and satisfied
employees.
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