#6. HIGHER RETENTION

96% of employees believe showing empathy is an important way to advance employee retention.  yet 92% feel empathy remains undervalued. Moreover, while 92% of CEOs feel their organization is empathetic, only 50% of their employees say their CEO is empathetic.  (6a)   

Engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their companies than their disengaged counterparts.   (6b)

33% of American workers are engaged at work  vs. 70% of workers at the world's best organizations. (State of the American Workplace Report Gallup 2017)

REFERENCES:

6a. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nazbeheshti/2019/01/16/10-timely-statistics-about-the-connection-between-employee-engagement-and-wellness/?sh=3b4ad41222a0

6b.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/employee-engagement-vs-retention-which-more-important-lotardo/