Employee Engagement Declines, Manager Burnout & Culture Fragility
March coverage shows a continued downward trend in engagement and rising pressure on managers. Reports stress that culture and manager enablement require urgent attention to prevent downstream retention issues. Global engagement has fallen to 21%, costing an estimated $438B in productivity. Managers specifically show steep declines. https://www.thehumancapitalhub.com/articles/13-hr-trends-that-will-shape-2026 Manager engagement dropped from 30% to 27%, creating cascading team-level issues. [uctoday.com] Culture ranks as the #1 HR priority (said 17% of leaders), with many organizations described as “functioning […]