Radio Show #593 The Latest EFS Engagement Survey 2025

Special Guests: Dr Sarah Pass and James Court-Smith Join us to hear the initial findings from the Engage for Success Employee Engagement 2025 survey. This is the third Engage for Success national survey, established to examine the current state of employee engagement in the UK. We will be discussing the EFS Employee Engagement Index and the 2025 UK engagement benchmark. Listen as we reflect on variations in engagement levels according to organisational size, sector, and the level of action (or inaction) in organisational practice. We will be discussing how stagnant engagement levels are starting to improve, but are still significantly below pre-pandemic levels; Engagement levels are significantly affected by an organisation’s actions – or inaction; and how there are significant variations in engagement, particularly among individuals with long-term health conditions, neurodivergence and protected characteristics. Dr Sarah Pass is a senior lecturer undertaking research related to employee experience and engagement and teaching at a postgraduate and executive level. Sarah is a member of the Engage for Success Advisory Board, sits on the steering group, chairs the East Midlands Area Network, the Line Managers TAG, the Engagement Champion TAG, and co-project lead for the EFS annual survey. In 2023, Sarah was ranked by HR Magazine as an Influential Thinker in HR. She is a Fellow of the RSA, an Academic Associate of the CIPD, and a member of the British Academy of Management. James Court-Smith leads Stillae Ltd – helping companies make sense of the data they collect, and put it to profitable use, across multiple industries in Europe. He chairs the Engage for Success Steering Group and is a member of the Advisory Board. James is the co-project lead for the EFS annual survey and is a Visting Fellow at Nottingham Business School. Join us as we discuss the variations in engagement levels according to organisational size, sector, and the level of action (or inaction) in organisational practice. Host: Jo Moffatt