Many employees don’t trust their managers, and this is what managers need to do to fix it.

It’s not too late to get employees to trust you.

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Employees are not engaged with their work. According to Gallup’s 2026 State of the Global Workplace report, employee engagement has hit its lowest level since 2020, falling for the second consecutive year. This has cost the world economy an estimated $10 trillion in lost productivity.

I thought about what this means in practice. It reminded me of Claire, a leader who was proud of her team. She described them as smart and high energy, and she’d worked hard to create this kind of........

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