Aligning employees’ skills with their interests, passion

DISENGAGEMENT remains one of the more potent enemies of workforce productivity. Citing a 2018 Gallup report, Forbes magazine reported that about 78 percent of employees in the United States dragged themselves to work every morning, demotivated and eventually unproductive. This situation is all too familiar in the Philippines, where managers often complain about full-time employees just delivering a barely acceptable performance before logging off at the end of the day.

One way to remedy this situation is to discover an employee’s interests and passions, then align these to his or her current responsibilities. Look at the bigger picture and get management involved, while connecting the employee’s skills and aspirations with the company’s overall vision.