Australia’s Workforce Under Pressure: What Employee Engagement Tells Us About Trust, Culture and Security

<p>What does employee engagement tell us about the strength and resilience of an organisation?</p><p>Drawing on findings from Gallup’s <em>State of the Global Workplace 2026</em>, <strong>Tim Slattery and Marina Shteinberg, Co-Founders of Pentagram Advisory</strong>, examine the latest Australian employee engagement data and explore what it may tell us about the relationship between employees and their workplaces.</p><p>The discussion moves beyond traditional questions of productivity and retention to consider the connections between <strong>engagement, trust, the psychological contract and organisational culture</strong> — and what these may mean for security.</p><p>Organisations can mandate policies, implement controls and monitor compliance. But security also depends on people exercising judgement, speaking up, taking ownership and acting when circumstances demand more than compliance.</p><p><strong>We can mandate compliance. We cannot mandate care.</strong></p><p>This episode explores why that distinction matters for Boards, executives, security leaders and people leaders — and why employee engagement should also be considered through the lens of organisational resilience and security.</p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Gallup, <em>State of the Global Workplace 2026</em></p>