“Well I should have thought that being bored stiff for three quarters of the time was an excellent preparation for working life.”
Sir Humphrey Appleby (From Yes, Prime Minister)
No matter what line of work you are in, it is essential that you are able to see some value in what you do. Those who do not, quickly become disengaged. Disengaged workers aren’t productive. They come to work not because they want to but because they have to. They are more likely to show up and zone out. Someone I worked with once joked about team members who logged on to the weekly staff meeting, muted their mics and continued watching tv series. I find that a perfect working definition of a disengaged worker. For them, the weekly meeting had become something to be endured but not to be engaged with.
Broadly speaking, I’d say workers disengage because of two reasons:
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