Driving people to feel they belong in the workplace for some is a mystery. Measuring that feeling in relation to belonging typically shows up in employee engagement surveys. The trouble is, most employees don’t honestly answer those surveys — fearing a backlash or more team-building sessions if the organization scores low.
Instead, our recommendation is that employers engage with their teams about empowerment, and how it is impacted by workforce differences. How we feel as people is central to driving empowerment, which is about authority and power connected to people.
