--- title: Employee engagement, disengagement, and everything in between description: Discover how to boost employee engagement and drive financial results with insights from Dr. Deborah R. Phillips at the IREM Global Summit. Learn to transform workplace culture. image: https://blog.irem.org/hubfs/engagement-blog.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2019/08/employee-engagement-disengagement-and-everything-in-between#main-content) ![IREM logo](https://blog.irem.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Primary%20IREM%20Logo.png?width=2251&height=676&name=Primary%20IREM%20Logo.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [irem.org](http://www.irem.org) [irem.org](http://www.irem.org) [All posts](https://blog.irem.org/all) August 29, 2019 # Employee engagement, disengagement, and everything in between ![Picture of IREM](https://blog.irem.org/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/www.irem.orgimagesIREMfBLogo2019-3.jpg?width=50&name=www.irem.orgimagesIREMfBLogo2019-3.jpg) By  [IREM](https://blog.irem.org/author/irem)  ·  1 minute read Share [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2019/08/employee-engagement-disengagement-and-everything-in-between) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2019/08/employee-engagement-disengagement-and-everything-in-between) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2019/08/employee-engagement-disengagement-and-everything-in-between) Satisfied employees like their work, but engaged employees love their company and reach for excellence. Deborah R. Phillips, Ph.D., CPM®, will be injecting a healthy dose of Vitamin E – E for engagement – at the IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) 2019 Global Summit next month. Satisfied employees like their work, but engaged employees love their company and reach for excellence. Deborah R. Phillips, Ph.D., CPM, will lead a discussion on employee engagement, and how to infuse more of it, at the IREM® (Institute of Real Estate Management) [2019 Global Summit](https://www.irem.org/GlobalSummit). Phillips, an IREM instructor and president of **The Quadrillion**, an international consulting firm, completed her Ph.D. at Georgia Tech with a focus on this topic, and has taught more than 10,000 students in her courses at the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and other institutions. Engagement is a critical driver of financial results. But a recent Gallup poll reports that 53% of U.S. employees are not engaged at work, with 13% actively disengaged, or unhappy, in their jobs. And those actively disengaged employees can cost you with lower productivity and higher absentee rates. Phillips’ session, “A Shot of Vitamin E—Engagement,” will explore the obstacles to workplace satisfaction, and help you build a culture of highly engaged employees within your company. Among other factors, Phillips has found the alignment of job and talent essential to employee engagement. “Many people think it’s enough to pay your staff well,” she says. “But, despite salary, if the job fit isn’t right, the paycheck will wear out pretty fast.” For example, in the property management industry, an employee may have a passion for managing workforce or affordable housing. Such an alignment of job, skill and passion raises the position “from the transactional to the transformational.” Her session will come with a heavy dose of reality. “We’re going to look at what engagement is,” she says, “how to measure it, and what to do for those who are totally disengaged. When people leave my session, not only will they be able to identify who’s disengaged, enrolled and engaged, they’ll also know how to infuse engagement to enhance a profitable bottom line.” [Read more](https://www.globest.com/2019/08/28/employee-engagement-starts-at-the-top/). ### Leave a comment ## Related posts [![](https://blog.irem.org/hubfs/propertycon-logo-blog.png)](https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2025/03/are-you-ready-for-propertycon-an-irem-education-experience) [IREM news](https://blog.irem.org/tag/irem-news) ### [Are you ready for PropertyCon: An IREM Education Experience?](https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2025/03/are-you-ready-for-propertycon-an-irem-education-experience) [![](https://blog.irem.org/hubfs/Earth-Day-Blog.png)](https://blog.irem.org/earth-day-and-the-power-of-measurable-impact-how-the-irem-csp-is-driving-sustainable-property-performance) [Sustainability](https://blog.irem.org/tag/sustainability) ### [Earth Day and the power of measurable impact: How the IREM® CSP is driving sustainable property performance](https://blog.irem.org/earth-day-and-the-power-of-measurable-impact-how-the-irem-csp-is-driving-sustainable-property-performance) [![](https://blog.irem.org/hubfs/Cameron.png)](https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2024/02/building-the-future-with-cameron-cary) [IREM member feature](https://blog.irem.org/tag/irem-member-feature) ### [Building the future with Cameron Cary](https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2024/02/building-the-future-with-cameron-cary) [![Primary IREM Logo r](https://blog.irem.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Primary%20IREM%20Logo%20r.png?width=2213&height=665&name=Primary%20IREM%20Logo%20r.png "Primary IREM Logo r")](http://www.irem.org) IREM® Headquarters 430 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 750 Chicago, IL 60611 US [facebook-f icon](https://www.facebook.com/InstituteofRealEstateManagement) [linkedin-in icon](https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-of-real-estate-management/) [instagram icon](https://www.instagram.com/ireminfo/) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.youtube.com/@IREM_info)   © Institute of Real Estate Management 430 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60611 [IREM Harassment Policy](https://www.irem.org/File%20Library/Footer%20Nav/IREM-Harassment-Policy---October-2023.pdf) [Privacy Policy](https://www.irem.org/privacy-policy) [Digital Millennium Copyright Act](https://www.irem.org/digital-millennium-copyright-act) Copyright © 2026, IREM ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=1013802&fmt=gif) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "IREM", "url" : "https://blog.irem.org/author/irem" }, "dateModified" : "2026-04-08T21:06:23.139Z", "datePublished" : "2019-08-29T05:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Employee engagement, disengagement, and everything in between", "image" : [ "https://blog.irem.org/hubfs/engagement-blog.png" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://blog.irem.org/learning/publications-news/blog/irem-blogs/2019/08/employee-engagement-disengagement-and-everything-in-between", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://blog.irem.org/hubfs/Primary%20IREM%20Logo.png" }, "name" : "IREM" } } ``` ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "Article", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : [ "IREM" ], "url" : "https://blog.irem.org/author/irem" }, "datePublished" : "2019-08-29T05:00:00+0000", "description" : "Discover how to boost employee engagement and drive financial results with insights from Dr. Deborah R. 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