Manager Engagement Is at a 10-Year Low: What to Do About It

Manager dismissing an employee who is trying to ask a question in an office to signify manager engagement.

Global employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025. That is the lowest level since 2020 and the second consecutive year of decline, per Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 report. Every region of the world declined. Not one improved. One factor sits at the center of that collapse more than any other: managers are […]