Only 59 percent of survey respondents believe their leader values them, and one in five say their leader regularly expresses doubts about them. (Photo: Shutterstock)
While employers last year made significant investments in workplace culture, "the journey to thriving workplaces is just beginning," according to O.C. Tanner's 2020 Global Culture Report.
"In spite of some positive changes in corporate culture, we have uncovered a new wave of challenges: a growing frustration with conventional workplace practices, an alarming increase in burnout and a rejection of traditional leadership practices and philosophies," the authors write. "Organizations need to break out of the employee lifecycle mentality to focus on the everyday micro-experiences that, for employees, define life at work."
Nowhere is this more evident than in the current way many leaders engage with their employees, according to O.C. Tanner's survey of 20,000 workers and leaders across the globe.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
