A lot of companies claim to foster innovation among employees, but usually on the company's terms and within highly constrained parameters. Add to this -- layers of bureaucracy, constrained budgets and slow decision-making among leadership. Is it any wonder then that Gallup's most recent State of the American Workplace report shows that 70 percent of U.S. workers aren't engaged at work? The Gallup research highlights that the disengagement can primarily be related back to what it calls the "managers from hell." They are creating active disengagement, costing the U.S. an estimated $450 billion to $550 billion annually.
