67 Employee Engagement Quotes (INSPIRATION)

Top 12 Most Inspiring Quotes on Employee Engagement

“It all came down to employee engagement. It all came down to recognition. It all came down to leadership, which led to every sailor feeling ownership and accountability for the results. You can ask a team to accomplish a mission but you can’t order excellence.”
Mike Abrashoff, Commander USS Benfold

When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. - Simon Sinek — When people are financially **invested**, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. – **Simon Sinek**

Our number one customers are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last. - Ian Hutchinson — Our number one **customers** are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last. – Ian Hutchinson

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. - Charles Schwab — I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by **appreciation** and **encouragement**. – Charles Schwab

Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all you heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. - Dale Carnegie — Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all you heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find **happiness** that you had thought could never be yours. – **Dale Carnegie**

“When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and yes, growth.”
Patrick Lencioni

A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life. - John Wooden — A good coach can **change** a game. A great coach can change a **life**. – **John Wooden**

Customers do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers. - Richard Branson — Customers do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers. – **Richard Branson**

The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers. - Sybil F. Stershic — The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers. – Sybil F. Stershic

On what high-performing companies should be striving to create A great place for great people to do great work. - Marilyn Carlson — On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work. – Marilyn Carlson

“Employee engagement is the art and science of engaging people in authentic and recognized connections to strategy, roles, performance, organization, community, relationship, customers, development, energy, and happiness to leverage, sustain, and transform work into results.”
David Zinger

Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world. - Francis Hesselbein — Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world. – Francis Hesselbein

Top 17 Most Famous Quotes on Employee Engagement

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.”
Simon Sinek

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams — If your **actions** inspire others to **dream** more, **learn** more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – **John Quincy Adams**

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt — We cannot always build the **future** for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. – **Franklin Delano Roosevelt**

Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. - Stephen R. Covey — Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. – **Stephen R. Covey**

“There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organisation’s overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow.”
Jack Welch

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. - Tom Peters — The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. – Tom Peters

Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first. - Angela Ahrendts — Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first. – Angela Ahrendts

“Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.”
Zig Ziglar

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. - Steve Jobs — The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – **Steve Jobs**

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret. - Mary Kay Ash — Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you **appreciate** someone, don’t keep it a secret. – **Mary Kay Ash**

“Engaged employees stay for what they give (they like their work); disengaged employees stay for what they get (favorable job conditions, growth opportunities, job security).”
Blessing White’s The State of Employee Engagement 2008

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. - Buddha — Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. – **Buddha**

“Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.”
Ken Blanchard

It’s about getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate. - Marissa Mayer — It’s about getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a **creative** environment and helping to find a way to **innovate**. – **Marissa Mayer**

Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business. - Ian Hutchinson — Employee engagement is an **investment** we make for the privilege of staying in **business**. – Ian Hutchinson

“Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.”
Sam Walton

Leaders give their teams a sense of purpose, give them opportunities to grow and grow, and place them in positions where they can succeed. - Gordon Troggold — Leaders give their teams a sense of **purpose**, give them **opportunities** to grow and grow, and place them in positions where they can succeed. – Gordon Troggold

15 Quotes About the Importance of Employee Engagement

“A group of people get together and exist as an institution we call a company so they are able to accomplish something collectively that they could not accomplish separately – they make a contribution to society, a phrase which sounds trite but is fundamental.”
David Packard

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company. - Bill Gates — Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company. – **Bill Gates**

Highly engaged employees make the customer experience. Disengaged employees break it. - Timothy R. Clark — Highly engaged employees make the customer experience. Disengaged employees break it. – Timothy R. Clark

Engaged employees are in the game for the sake of the game; they believe in the cause of the organisation. - Paul Marciano, PhD — Engaged employees are in the game for the sake of the game; they believe in the cause of the organisation. – Paul Marciano, PhD

If you fulfill the wishes of your employees, the employees will fulfill your visions. - Amit Kalantri — If you fulfill the wishes of your employees, the employees will fulfill your **visions**. – Amit Kalantri

We think it’s important for employees to have fun… it drives employee engagement. - Tony Hsieh — We think it’s important for employees to have fun… it drives employee engagement. – **Tony Hsieh**

In the current volatile and uncertain environment, engaged employees are an essential component not just for success, but perhaps for survival. - Nigel Paine — In the current volatile and uncertain environment, engaged employees are an essential component not just for success, but perhaps for survival. – Nigel Paine

Employee engagement is the degree to which an employee feels that they are truly part of a company, have a voice in its decisions and feels respected. - Darryl Dioso — Employee engagement is the degree to which an employee feels that they are truly part of a company, have a voice in its decisions and feels **respected**. – Darryl Dioso

“Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.”
Anne Mulcahy

Employee engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organisation and its goals. - Kevin Kruse — Employee engagement is the emotional **commitment** the employee has to the organisation and its goals. – Kevin Kruse

Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of respect. - Meghan M. Biro — Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of **respect**. – Meghan M. Biro

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways. - Bob Nelson — Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways. – **Bob Nelson**

Paychecks can’t buy passion. – Brad Federman — Paychecks can’t buy **passion**. – Brad Federman

The greatest asset of a company is its people. - Jorge Paulo Lemann — The greatest **asset** of a company is its people. – Jorge Paulo Lemann

To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace. – Doug Conant

23 Wise Employee Engagement Quotes that Will Get You Thinking

“Create caring and robust connections between every employee and their work, customers, leaders, managers, and the organisation to achieve results that matter to everyone in this sentence.”
David Zinger

When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home. - Betty Bender — When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home. – Betty Bender

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. - Kahlil Gibran — You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. – **Kahlil Gibran**

“You’ll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it’s important in general, but why you’re doing something important that no one else is going to get done.”
Peter Thiel

People want to know they matter and they want to be treated as people. That’s the new talent contract. - Pamela Stroko — People want to know they matter and they want to be treated as people. That’s the new **talent** contract. – Pamela Stroko

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. - Maya Angelou — I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. – **Maya Angelou**

“You have to want to be engaged. There has to be deep-seated desire in your heart and mind to participate, to be involved, and to make a difference. If the desire isn’t there, no person or book can plant it within you.”
Tim Clark

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. - Napoleon Hill — Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. – **Napoleon Hill**

Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management. - Eraldo Banovac — **Motivating** employees to work at their full **potential** is the main premise of **successful** management. – Eraldo Banovac

“It’s sad, really, how a negative workplace can impact our lives and the way we feel about ourselves. The situation is reaching pandemic heights – most people go to work at jobs they dislike, supervised by people who don’t care about them, and directed by senior leaders who are often clueless about where to take the company.”
Leigh Branham and Mark Hirschfeld

To build a culture of engagement it is important to incorporate training on intrinsic motivation and employee engagement into management development programs. - Kenneth Thomas — To build a culture of engagement it is important to incorporate training on intrinsic motivation and employee engagement into management development programs. – Kenneth Thomas

Environments that support their employees in the right way will naturally foster employee engagement. - Aaron Tucker — Environments that support their employees in the right way will naturally foster employee engagement. – Aaron Tucker

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. - Seneca — Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a **kindness**. – **Seneca**

“Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.”
Ken Blanchard and Scott Blanchard

Culture is about performance, and making people feel good about how they contribute to the whole. - Tracy Streckenbach — **Culture** is about performance, and making people feel good about how they contribute to the whole. – Tracy Streckenbach

Some companies don’t have an engagement problem, they have a hiring problem. - Bob Kelleher — Some companies don’t have an engagement problem, they have a hiring problem. – Bob Kelleher

What we have done for ourselves alone, dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal. - Albert Pike — What we have done for ourselves alone, dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal. – Albert Pike

This is the only country in the world where today’s employee is tomorrow’s employer. - Marco Rubio — This is the only country in the world where today’s employee is tomorrow’s employer. – Marco Rubio

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. - Phil Jackson — The strength of the **team** is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. – **Phil Jackson**

Business and human endeavors are systems… We tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved. - Peter Senge — Business and human endeavors are systems… We tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved. – Peter Senge

“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”
Carl Jung