Leadership Lesson: Top 5 Engagement Pitfalls

"If you are focused on highly loyal and highly satisfied people, then you will lead them to engagement." – Gretchen Schott What are the top engagement pitfalls businesses face today, and how can leaders avoid them? In this episode,  Gretchen Schott highlights the five most common mistakes organizations make when trying to engage their teams. 

Join us as Gretchen discusses why perks can't replace purpose, how engagement needs to be tailored across departments, and why focusing solely on top performers creates toxic cultures. Gretchen offers unique insights while challenging leaders to rethink their strategies and make intentional, thoughtful changes that lead to meaningful engagement across the entire team. In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The importance of prioritizing purpose over perks in driving loyalty and satisfaction

• How to prevent high performers from burning out by encouraging healthy work habits

• The need for tailored engagement practices across different departments and roles

Get in touch with Gretchen and let her know which impactful leaders you’d like to hear from: Connect on LinkedIn or Subscribe to our newsletter.  

Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://link.chtbl.com/QY4Knw_x  

Strong leaders at all organizational levels are requisites for business success. Gretchen Schott's GrowU Leadership Pathways keeps a leadership ‘pipeline’ flowing to ensure skilled and competent leaders are present throughout every brand in the Threefold Portfolio. This episode of Made for Impact delves into an essential part of this leadership journey: Adaptive Leadership. Jump into the conversation:

(00:00) Intro (01:04) First pitfall: Ignoring employee feedback (03:01) Second pitfall: Focusing on perks versus purpose (04:12) Third pitfall: Overloading high performers (06:35) Fourth pitfall: An all-for-one approach to engagement (08:47) Fifth pitfall: Focusing only on top performers (11:04) Closing remarks: How to avoid these engagement pitfalls next year