the Engagement Crisis: Rebuilding Leadership Foundations for Age of AI

The Engagement Crisis diagnoses one of the most urgent problems facing modern organizations: collapsing employee engagement and the leadership failures that cause it. Gary C. Manis combines Gallup data, organizational psychology, and real-world narrative to reveal why two-thirds of the workforce no longer brings their best to work-and how leaders can fix it.This book introduces a practical, repeatable framework-the Four Pillars of Leadership-that leaders at every level can apply immediately: Vision-Fueled: Create a resonant north star that aligns effort and meaning.People-Centric: Invest in stewardship, psychological safety, and growth.Process-Driven: Design the right processes to protect capacity and reduce chaos.Customer-Focused: Deliver consistent value while protecting the people who deliver it.Packed with diagnostics (including the Stewardship Maturity Index), leader compacts, small-team playbooks, and a running case study (Northstar Dynamics), The Engagement Crisis gives managers, HR leaders, and executives the tools to turn disengagement into durable engagement-and to build organizations ready for the future of work.From the manuscript: "When you look at the data from Gallup, as of 2024, only 31% of the American workforce comes to work and applies itself."