As an outstanding leader in a high performing organisation, you will already recognise the importance of engaging, empowering and inspiring your workforce to constantly change and improve what they do.

Organisations that put employee engagement at the heart of their way of working inevitably excel at what they do. The link between employee engagement and high performance is no coincidence, and is well researched and publicised by some of the world's leading business institutions and governments.

For inspired leaders, having a systematic approach for engaging and empowering employees is not only appealing, but critical to the future. It is especially relevant and valuable in a tough economic climate where a committed and involved workforce can make a real difference to
business results.

"Engagement is critical to the success of your enterprise. Not only does buy-in help you get the work done, it also becomes your extra edge during crunch time" Harvard Business Review

"The number one factor inhibiting business speed and agility is employees lacking a sense of purpose, commitment and motivation" McKinsey

"Now in 2011, when the government is actively encouraging growth in the private sector and when the public sector is aiming to deliver better for less, employee engagement has never been so important" Ed Davey, Minister of State, UK Government