Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is not a nice-to-have; it is one of the strongest predictors of productivity, profit, and retention in your business. Recent data shows that highly engaged teams are associated with roughly 14–18% higher productivity and around 21–23% higher profitability compared to low-engagement teams.
On the flip side, disengaged employees drive up costs through absenteeism, rework, turnover, and lost customer loyalty, with estimates putting the global cost of low engagement in the trillions of dollars each year. If you are dealing with missed deadlines, safety issues, stalled projects, and a constant cycle of recruiting and retraining - I can help!
Strong employee engagement helps your business.
When employees feel informed, valued, and connected to the mission, performance changes. Highly engaged teams tend to experience meaningful improvements in productivity, customer loyalty, quality, and safety - often with double-digit gains across these measures. Leaders also see lower voluntary turnover and stronger discretionary effort, where people willingly go beyond the bare minimum because they believe their work matters.
Engaged employees make better decisions, solve problems faster, and represent your brand more effectively to both customers and partners. Companies that consistently invest in their employees create more resilient organizations that can handle reorgs, leadership changes, and process improvements without losing their best people.
How I Improve Engagement
With 25 years of experience, my focus is on making complex messages clear, building trust during change, and helping your employees see how their daily work connects to your strategy.
My approach is practical and people-centered: understand your culture, simplify your messages, and make it easier for leaders to communicate consistently with your team - especially those workers who are keeping the lights on.
Typical ways to work together include:
I conduct an employee engagement or communication assessment to map where messages are landing. When they get stuck, I can improve your messaging across teams, channels, and levels.
I plan change and reorg communications so employees understand what is changing, why it matters, and how it affects their day-to-day work.
Leadership and people-manager support, including message frameworks, talking points, templates, and coaching that help leaders communicate clearly and confidently.
Ongoing communication roadmaps that align newsletters, town halls, intranet content, and feedback loops so employees stay informed and involved instead of guessing what comes next.
Expected Outcomes
Working together, the goal is not just better communication pieces — it is business results.
Organizations that prioritize engagement and effective internal communication routinely see higher productivity, stronger customer outcomes, and significantly better profitability than those that do not. They also experience less absenteeism and lower turnover, which protects hard-earned institutional knowledge and reduces constant rehiring costs.
From your employee perspective, that looks like: fewer surprises, more clarity about priorities, and a stronger sense that leadership listens and follows through.
From your perspective, results include steady performance through change, more reliable execution, and a culture where people are engaged enough to help carry the organization into whatever comes next.
As a solopreneur, I aim to incorporate my values of environmentalism and anti-racism and build an inclusive and equitable business. I believe Black Lives Matter and I stand for LGBTQIA+ rights. My business is 100% woman-owned. Everyone is welcome here.
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