The document contains 30 inspirational quotes about employee engagement from business leaders and authors. Many of the quotes emphasize the importance of engaged employees in achieving business success and delivering good customer experiences. They also stress that employees should feel valued, connected to their work, and that their well-being impacts customer satisfaction and company performance. Appreciation, clear vision and goals, and treating employees well are highlighted as ways to improve engagement.

1. 30 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT EMPLOYEE ENAGEMENT
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2. “Employee engagement is the art and science of engaging people in authentic
and recognized connections to strategy, roles, performance, organization,
community, relationship, customers, development, energy, and happiness to
leverage, sustain, and transform work into results.”
-David Zinger, employee engagement speaker SG

3. “It’s sad, really, how a negative workplace can impact our lives and the
way we feel about ourselves. The situation is reaching pandemic heights
– 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, founder of Keeping The People
SG

4. “When people go to work, they shouldn’t
have to leave their hearts at home.”
-Betty Bender, motivational speaker
SG

5. “Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work
for which he is best suited.”
-Napoleon Hill, author SG

6. “The only way to
do great work is to
love what you do.”
-Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple
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7. “Your work is to
discover your
work and then
with all your
heart to give
yourself to it.”
-Buddha
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8. “Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all
you heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find
happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”
-Dale Carnegie, author
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9. “Engaged employees stay for what they give (they like their
work); disengaged employees stay for what they get (favourable
job conditions, growth opportunities, job security).”
-BlessingWhite (consulting firm)
SG

10. “It’s impossible to win the hearts and minds of people unless
you clearly establish goals and values and reward people if they
act in a way that leads to the fulfilment of those objectives.”
-F. Robert Salerno, CEO of Avis
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11. “An engaged employee understands what to do to help her company
succeed, she feels emotionally connected to the organization and its
leaders, and she is willing to put that knowledge and emotion into action
to improve performance, her own and the organization’s .”
-Julie Gebauer & Don Lowman, authors SG

12. “To win in the marketplace you must
first win in the workplace actions.”
-Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup
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13. “On what high-performing companies should be striving to
create: A great place for great people to do great work.”
-Marilyn Carlson, former CEO of Carlson
Companies
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14. “Your number one customers are your people.
Look after employees first and then customers last.”
-Ian Hutchinson, author
SG

15. “Highly engaged employees make the customer
experience. Disengaged employees break it.”
-Timothy R. Clark, author, executive coach & organizational consultant
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16. “Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers
cannot compete in a highly competitive world.”
-Frances Hesselbein, author & management consultant
SG

17. “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, marketing & organizational advisor SG

18. “Research indicates that workers have three prime needs:
Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and
being let in on things that are going on in the company.”
-Zig Ziglar, author & motivational speaker
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19. “Employees engage with employers and brands when
they’re treated as humans worthy of respect.”
-Meghan M. Biro, CEO of TalentCulture Consulting Group SG

20. “People want to know they matter and they want to be
treated as people. That’s the new talent contract.”
-Pamela Stroko, talent management expert at Oracle Corporation
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21. “Always treat your employees exactly as you want
them to treat your best customers.”
-Stephen R. Covey, author & keynote speaker
SG

22. “Culture is about performance, and making people
feel good about how they contribute to the whole.”
-Tracy Streckenbach, founder of Hillview Consulting
SG

23. “When people are financially invested, they want a return.
When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”
-Simon Sinek, author & motivational speaker
SG

24. “I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the
greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is
in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.”
-Charles Schwab, founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation SG

25. “Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else
can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of
praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.”
-Sam Walton, founder of Walmart SG

26. “Employees who believe that management is concerned about
them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more
productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees
mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.”
-Anne M. Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox
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27. “A group of people get together and exist as an institution we call
a company so they are able to accomplish something
collectively that they could not accomplish separately.”
-David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard SG

28. “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.”
-Scott Blanchard, author & motivating keynote speaker
SG

29. “Effective organizational leadership is simple: 1. Have a vision of
where you want to get to. 2. Clearly and persuasively
communicate that vision to employees. 3. Be consistent in your
behaviours as you strive to achieve that vision.”
-Andy Parsley, founder of Green Lion Insights and Solutions
SG

30. “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, former CEO of GE
SG

31. “Turned ON people figure out how to beat the
competition, Turned OFF people only complain
about being beaten by the competition.”
-Bennet S. Simonton, founder of Simonton Associates
SG