Why do you stay at your job? Is it because of what you give or because of what you get?  I think that’s a very important question to answer for yourself. And I think organizations need to understand how their employees answer this question as well.  A recent Gallup Management Journal survey indicated that only 29% of U.S. employees are actively engaged.  Actively engaged employees have a passion about what they do and feel a strong bond between themselves and their organization.  In a word, they stay at their jobs because of what they give. The other 71% of workers that are either disengaged or actively disengaged.  They come to work every day for the paycheck and have no passion about their work.  These are the folks who come to work because of what they get…a paycheck, benefits, and job security.  Read the rest of this post