Given that disengaged employees represent 87% of the workforce, this is not a problem that can be avoided or ignored. Chances are you will work with (or on) a team that has disengaged employees at some point in your career. You will be more likely to succeed if you develop the skills to channel their lack of motivation into a productive force.
Here are few simple recommendations to boost your ability to collaborate with disengaged (or less motivated) colleagues:
What Not To Do
Don’t make assumptions about their performance. Although the relationship between engagement and performance is consistent and positive, it is far from perfect. In any organization, at any given time, some disengaged employees and leaders will perform rather well, while their engaged counterparts will perform rather poorly.
Read the full article on Harvard Business Review.