Engagement, data, bad/good managers, and the recruiting function

Amy Leschke-Kahle, the VP of Performance Acceleration at The Marcus Buckingham Company (which was acquired by ADP in 2017), gave us some of her precious Milwaukee-area time (Go Bucks! Giannis!) to discuss issues of engagement and data. We wanted to come in hot on this one, so we led with a rather-direct question. “Helping executives care about engagement comes down to knowing how it affects the business,” Amy noted. Logical so far. Why would they care if it didn’t impact the biz? “Simply said, when employees are engaged, companies will retain talent and gain business.