Employee Engagement: How to Get Employees to Care More

Business Building Blocks Podcast · Mar 4, 2026 · 26m

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You built your business with passion, grit, and long nights.

Now you're asking:

“Why don’t my employees care like I do?”

In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt breaks down the real reason employee engagement drops — and it’s not laziness.

When teams feel:

Unclear about direction

Disconnected from meaningful goals

Unrecognized for consistent performance

They disengage.

Kristina shares 3 leadership shifts that increase employee engagement immediately:

1️⃣ Provide consistent direction and communication

2️⃣ Connect individual…