The document discusses the widespread disengagement among Australian employees, with 60% feeling demotivated and disconnected at work. It highlights the importance of recognition in fostering meaningful connections and increasing employee engagement, motivation, and performance. By encouraging recognition among employees, organizations can create a more engaged workforce that ultimately drives better business outcomes.

1. CREATE
MEANINGFUL
CONNECTIONS
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2. THE AVERAGE
PERSON IS AWAKE
14-16
HOURS A DAY.

3. ABOUT HALF OF
THAT TIME IS
SPENT AT WORK.

4. BUT
60%
OF ALL AUSTRALIAN
EMPLOYEES ARE NOT
ENGAGED AT WORK.
2013 STATE OF THE GLOBAL WORKFORCE, GALLUP

5. Which means over half of us are
spending half our lives
wishing we were somewhere else.

6. WHICH MEANS
OVER HALF OF US
ARE SPENDING
HALF OUR LIVES
DEMOTIVATED

7. WHICH MEANS
OVER HALF OF US
ARE SPENDING
HALF OUR LIVES
DEMOTIVATED
DISCONNECTED

8. WHICH MEANS
OVER HALF OF US
ARE SPENDING
HALF OUR LIVES
DEMOTIVATED
DISCONNECTED
DISENGAGED

9. What if there was a
really simple way to
go from
DEMOTIVATED
DISCONNECTED
DISENGAGED

10. to
MOTIVATED
CONNECTED &
ENGAGED?

11. THERE IS!

12. It starts with
ONE
person

13. It starts with one person
recognising another person

14. It starts with one person
recognising another person
for their effort

15. It starts with one person
recognising another person
for their contribution

16. It starts with one person
recognising another person
for their skill

17. It starts with one person
recognising another person
for their value

18. The simple act of recognition
creates a connection between
your people
their purpose, and
the value of the work they do.

19. That connection creates
community,
value in the work, and
motivation to work harder and better.

20. Recognition is a simple way to
engage your people.

21. Recognition empowers your
people to empower each other.

22. Every instance of recognition helps
increase engagement across
employees.

23. Those engaged employees pass that
on to more employees.

24. Giving and receiving recognition
creates meaningful, empowering
connections throughout the
workplace.

25. Those connections increase motivation,
performance, commitment and, ultimately,

26. Those connections increase motivation,
performance, commitment and, ultimately,
ENGAGEMENT.

27. IN 2011
ENGAGED ORGANISATIONS
GREW PROFITS
TIMES
FASTER
THAN THEIR COMPETITORS
SOCIAL KNOWS: EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT STATISTICS

28. ENGAGED ORGANISATIONS
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
BY
SOCIAL KNOWS: EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT STATISTICS
IN 2011

29. Engaged employees
spend their time doing work that
they enjoy,
has meaning, and
makes a difference.

30. Giving and receiving
recognition every day
makes a difference
to your people and your
business.

31. Talk to us about how.
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