The key here is to turn the great majority of disengaged people into engaged ones and make the engaged people more motivated by drastically improving leadership practice, instead of dividing the workforce into two groups and treating them differently. Our experience shows that most – not all – disengaged people do not want to stay disengaged if conditions permit and they do want to be seen in a positive light by their bosses and colleagues and have a successful career. As disengaged people become engaged, those already engaged tend to get even more motivated, seeing that the number of free-riders is reduced and that good conduct is recognized and duly rewarded.
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Check, check, check, check and check. That about sums it up.
Disengaged, overlooked, underutilized, discriminated against, ostracized, all of the above. So, f*** you!
Slow ride, take it easy
This is fantastic reading.
slow riders
MLS and her crew are free riders.
People are disengaged because they are tired of this company screwing them over when they do their jobs correctly. 2 years straight my store made budget and yet no bonus. All we get is an ass thrashing when we are below par for any flavor of the month initiative.
Yep. So most employees are disengaged, let alone worried about having a job.
There is no reward for good conduct. Minimal raises, no bonus, no profit sharing, loss of PTO. On and on and on.
Drastically improving leadership? That will never happen. The people at Follett are hacks and carpetbaggers.
First of all, free-rider means getting benefits without contributing. I don't think that describes most of us. In fact, we keep contributing to Follett even while our benefits keep getting cut. The anger and frustration comes from the continual stream of lies put out by senior management and the never-ending cuts. You are from a PR firm. Your job is to convince us everything is wonderful and we should shut up and move along. That is going to be hard to do when Follett management keeps proving that they are untrustworthy.
Engaged or disengaged doesn't matter since it's a sinking ship either way. Even if the business was completely mishandled of late, the book business is still dying.
It's not an easy road; but can we expect drastically improving leadership practices? This isn't a troll question, I'd certainly prefer to be engaged and not a free-rider.