Employee Engagement: How to Get Employees to Care More

About this episode

Kristina Schmitt discusses the reasons behind employee disengagement and shares leadership strategies to enhance employee engagement.

Send us Fan Mail You built your business with passion, grit, and long nights. Now you're asking: “Why don’t my employees care like I do?” In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt breaks down the real reason employee engagement drops — and it’s not laziness. When teams feel: Unclear about directionDisconnected from meaningful goalsUnrecognized for consistent performanceThey disengage. Kristina shares 3 leadership shifts that increase employee e...

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Host: Kristina Schmitt

Topics covered

• employee engagement
• leadership
• team performance
• business management
• motivation

Keywords

• employee engagement
• leadership shifts
• team motivation
• business growth
• employee performance

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