The Called to Flourish Podcast
May 18, 2026 · 27 min · 18 segments
Employee engagement across Christian-led organizations has reached its highest level in 15 years. Yet nearly 4 in 10 employees still cannot bring their best to work each day. In this episode, **Dr…
Robert WachterHostUh, so very early on in the State of the Christian Workplace report, we asked the question, "What if everyone brought their best to work every day?" And I think that is the question, and it's also an answer to your question regarding engagement.
We think of it being a voluntary discretionary investment the employee makes in his or her work, so bringing their best every day.
And there are really four indicators that we look for that, that speak to engagement from a practical perspective.
So it's energy level, so it's the active, it's the vitality, the vigor that a person brings to their work.
It's their enthusiasm, sort of the emotional charge they get from being involved in mission-connected work.
Do they see themselves as part of the future of the organization? And then finally, the passion.
So when all four of those things are in place, we say they're indicative of engagement, that that person is able to say, "I can bring my best to my work every day." And there's, there's all sorts of implications that come along with that, but certainly there's a multiplier when we can have multiple people on a team or department who can say that.
They can say that they have the energy and enthusiasm, the commitment and passion.
Uh, so very early on in the State of the Christian Workplace report, we asked the question, "What if everyone brought their best to work every day?" And I think that is the question, and it's also an answer to your question regarding engagement.
We think of it being a voluntary discretionary investment the employee makes in his or her work, so bringing their best every day.
And there are really four indicators that we look for that, that speak to engagement from a practical perspective.
So it's energy level, so it's the active, it's the vitality, the vigor that a person brings to their work.
It's their enthusiasm, sort of the emotional charge they get from being involved in mission-connected work.
Do they see themselves as part of the future of the organization? And then finally, the passion.
So when all four of those things are in place, we say they're indicative of engagement, that that person is able to say, "I can bring my best to my work every day." And there's, there's all sorts of implications that come along with that, but certainly there's a multiplier when we can have multiple people on a team or department who can say that.
They can say that they have the energy and enthusiasm, the commitment and passion.
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