What is employee engagement?Why should you as an employee or manager really care?How does creating a culture of engagement contribute to a company's bottom-line results?This book explores the employee's roles and responsibilities to fully connect and maintain personal engagement with one's work through job content, relationships, individual needs, and desires. The work reviews the history of early behavioral theories and leads to present day research on employee engagement from a business perspective. The exploration begins with the company and manager's role in the relationship and as an active partner in maximizing productivity. The examination continues with the employee's responsibilities through assessment, self-awareness, accountability, communication, action planning, and execution to maximize personal productivity and motivation in the workplace. Finally, an assortment of tools lead an individual to self-manage personal engagement and take ownership of personal needs.