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title: Who Is To Blame For Organizational Chaos: The Disengaged Employee or The Ineffective Leader? [Infographic]
description: Which came first? The chicken or the egg? It's kind of like that when considering the source of employee disengagement. Is it the employee's fault for being not engaged, or does the onus fall on leaders for creating the communication chasm that leads to disengagement?
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# Who Is To Blame For Organizational Chaos: The Disengaged Employee or The Ineffective Leader? \[Infographic\]

Leaders are the engine that powers organizations and leaders are responsible for keeping employees engaged. More than half of employees are currently not engaged and not enough is being done to develop the next generation of leaders. Therefore, we may be heading for a serious decline in employee engagement unless we find a way to better prepare the next generation of leaders.

 

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