Compelling Answers from Recent Research

Profit: highly engaged employees boost bottom line by as much as 60%.

Towers Perrin-2007 studied 360,000 employees in 41 companies over 3 years. Engaged groups added 2.06 points of net profit. Disengaged groups reduced net profit by 1.38 points. On a 5% total net profit, this is a net increase of over 60% (engaged vs disengaged). On a 10% net profit, the net increase is over 30%

Productivity: highly engaged staff were 47% more productive than staff with low engagement.

Watson Wyatt Worldwide Mar 29,2007

Annual revenue per employee: high engagement- $484 k per ee, low engagement-  $328 k per ee.

Growth: annual compound growth over 5 yrs was 263 % higher for companies with highest staff engagement (12.9 %) vs lowest (4.9%).

Hewitt Associates- Canada's Best Employers 2007

Best of the best - engagement levels at canada's 50 best companies were 40% higher than "good” companies studied.

Hewitt Associates- Canada's Best Employers 2007

Note: 100% of Canada's top 50 companies now measure employee engagement.