How to Keep Your Employees Engaged Keeping employees invested in their jobs and dedicated to the company vision is one of the seminal workplace -- and maybe the most misunderstood.

Q: How do I gauge employee engagement?

A: Don Rheem believes keeping employees invested in their jobs and dedicated to the company vision--that is, engaged in their work--is one of the seminal workplace issues of our time. And maybe the most misunderstood.

As a founding partner with Engagient, a Centreville, Va.-based consulting firm, Rheem has advised thousands of CEOs on the topic. "For us," Rheem says, "it's almost a mission."