Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2025: A Consultant’s Synopsis

Why Your Managers Hold the Key to Engagement, Performance, and Retention

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2025 paints a compelling picture of what’s happening in organizations across the globe: employee engagement has dropped to 21%, and the most dramatic decline is happening among managers.

As someone who partners with purpose-driven organizations in higher education, nonprofits, and socially conscious businesses, I see this data as both a wake-up call and an opportunity.

This summary shares:

  • Why manager disengagement is so costly

  • How life satisfaction is directly tied to engagement

  • Three actionable steps leaders can take now

  • What Inspired Engagement can do to support you

It’s Time to Rethink the Role of the Manager

Managers are your culture carriers. They make or break engagement. When supported, trained, and developed intentionally, they become the most effective force for productivity and team wellbeing.

Let’s explore your current manager development strategy and discuss what’s working, what’s not, and what’s possible.

What Makes Inspired Engagement Strengths Essentials Workshop Different?

Our workshops are:

  • Affordable: Accessible for individuals, teams, and organizations of all sizes.
  • Flexible: Offered in both virtual and on-site formats.
  • Highly Interactive: Designed with active learning techniques to keep participants engaged.
  • Tailored to Your Needs: Customized to fit your group’s size, goals, and schedule.
  • Comprehensive: Every participant receives their own CliftonStrengths Assessment.
  • Versatile: Choose from 1-hour, 4-hour, or 8-hour workshop formats.
  • Lead by uniquely skilled professionals, including Everything DiSC® Trainers, Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coaches, and Certified Appreciative Inquiry Facilitators.

Schedule a Free Consultation and Empower Your Managers Today.