Empowering Employee Engagement: Reignite Commitment Through Shared Responsibility

By Heikki Rinne

Employee engagement is in crisis. Recent research shows that only a fraction of employees are engaged and feel genuinely connected to their work, while high levels of disengagement quietly drain productivity, innovation, and morale. Empowering Employee Engagement confronts this problem head-on, revealing that engagement isn't a perk or a program--it's a shared responsibility.

This book explores the concept and measurement of the multidimensional nature of engagement--shaped by the company, leaders, teams, individual work, and customers. Drawing on global research and real-world examples, it shows how culture, trust, purpose, and growth opportunities intersect to determine whether employees thrive or withdraw.

Most importantly, the book redefines engagement as an individual choice, a team effort, and a leadership responsibility. Leaders must build conditions of mutual respect, recognition, and empowerment where people and teams want--and choose--to be engaged. Yet every employee also holds the key to their own engagement, choosing to bring passion, accountability, collaboration, and transformation to their work.

In a world of remote and hybrid work, quiet quitting, and AI-driven change, Empowering Employee Engagement offers a practical roadmap for individuals, leaders, and teams to reignite commitment, rebuild trust, and create workplaces globally where people choose to care--and perform--at their best for themselves, their company, and their customers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3112209818
• ISBN13: 9783112209813
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"