Dive Brief:
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Employers always have a serious need for skilled, motivated people to meet performance goals.
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Unfortunately, a recent global employee survey uncovered an ongoing “disconnect” between employee aspirations and employer performance demands.
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Specifically, the survey found that that only 10% of employees say they define career success as high performance and productivity.
Dive Insight:
Right Management’s Global Career Aspiration Survey.of 1,225 international employees sought to better understand career motivations and how perceptions and motivations are shifting in the workplace.
According to Mara Swan, global leader of Right Management and executive vice president of ManpowerGroup. high performers have a disproportionate impact on business, so to attract and retain top talent, organizations must make development a priority and enable leaders to mentor employees to expand their skills, capabilities and experience.
Apart from the low ratings for performance and productivity as indicators of career success, the survey found that 45 percent of respondents rank work/life balance as their number one career aspiration, even more important than salary. And what were the top definitions of workplace success? Enjoyment and happiness.
"People are happy and engaged at work when they are inspired," said Swan, adding that understanding employee career motivations and aspirations is key to creating a high performance culture that motivates individuals to do their best work.
