Red Bull gives you wings: Why you need to encourage energy in the workplace

People in the workplace that energise their colleagues are less likely to voluntarily leave an organisation, unless they are high performers.

A research study conducted by academics at the Grenoble Ecole de Management and the University of Surrey, published in the business journal M@n@gement, found that employee’s energy towards their colleagues has a major influence on how likely they are to leave their job voluntarily.

The study, undertaken with IT workers over a four-year period, found that being fired was not necessarily down to poor performance or organisational fit, but it could be because an individual discourages the energy of those around them.

Individuals who have ‘energetic activations’ with colleagues are less likely to leave an organisation voluntarily, than those with low energy towards workmates.