But indeed, a carefully drafted mission statement can give everyone on the job a place to build meaningful work. But it doesn't happen in a vacuum. Most companies find that mission statements dropped from on high do little to motivate the troops. Have clearly stated goals. Only 62 percent of employees say that happens at their companies.
Most organizations say they want to focus on satisfying the needs of their customers.
Most companies today will tell you that they need their employees to come up with ideas to improve quality and productivity. Yet most don't listen all that well, the survey found. Only 31 percent of workers said at their company most of the ideas that come from employees are implemented. Twenty-one percent said about half of the employee ideas are listened to by management, and 43 percent said less than half. At organizations where people are more likely to want to leave, a much larger percentage of employee-generated ideas are ignored.