June 2026 | Newsletter Issue 74
The Omnia Insights
What It Really Takes to Keep Employees Engaged
Here’s an uncomfortable question: how would you know if your team was disengaged?
Most leaders think they’d know. They probably wouldn’t. Disengagement in 2026 doesn’t look like checked-out employees. It looks like people who show up, do the work, and quietly decide how much of themselves they’re willing to give.
That shift changes what engagement actually requires. Perks don’t close that gap. Neither do pulse surveys. What keeps employees invested is trust in the people leading them, work that feels like it matters, and enough autonomy to feel like they have a real stake in the outcome.
This month, we look at what engagement requires in 2026, from the daily habits that build or erode trust in managers to what happens when conflict at the leadership level goes unresolved and employees are left to read between the lines.
If you’re in the US, we wish you a safe and restful Fourth of July!
Until next month.
Personalize the Employee Experience
Every employee on your team has a different idea of what it means to feel valued. Recognition that doesn’t land. Development that feels generic. Roles that drain the wrong people. This eBook gets specific about what personalizing the employee experience actually looks like in practice.
Insights From Our Team
Gallup put U.S. employee engagement at 31% last year, the lowest in a decade. Perks aren’t moving that number. So what does? Three failure modes leaders keep repeating, and the practical fixes for each one.
Is Your Team Engaged or Just Watching?
More than 40% of organizations don’t consistently collect employee feedback, which means most leaders are guessing about how their behavior lands. What Omnia’s 2026 Talent Trends data shows about trust, and why it’s become the make-or-break factor in engagement.
Why Is Workplace Conflict So Hard to Resolve When You’re the One in the Middle?
Two leaders in conflict. You’re asked to help. They outrank you, you can’t enforce anything, and at least one of them may not want resolution at all. What to do, and why behavioral data changes the entire dynamic.
The ROI of Employee Engagement: Why the Numbers Make the Case for Investing in Your People
Disengaged employees cost U.S. businesses an estimated $1.9 trillion in lost productivity each year, yet most leaders still treat engagement as a soft initiative. Employee engagement has a compounding effect. Here’s how to make the case to stakeholders who lead with spreadsheets.
Client Spotlight
International Fasteners, Inc.
Building Stronger Teams with Better Hiring Insights
Upcoming Webinar
Take Away Tuesday: Podcast Edition
AI, Leadership, & The Workplace
Join Keather Snyder, President and COO of The Omnia Group, and Tonya DeVane, VP of Customer Success, as they sit down to talk about what they’re seeing inside organizations right now. The hiring mistakes companies keep repeating. The managers struggling quietly. The employees disengaging long before anyone notices.
No presentation. No canned talking points. Just an honest conversation about leadership, hiring, culture, and what AI is exposing inside organizations.
If you’ve had the feeling that something about work has shifted recently and you can’t quite put your finger on it yet, this conversation will resonate.
July 14th, 2026, 1:00-2:00 pm EDT
Events Line Up!
July 15th – Attending RV Women’s Alliance Summer Discussion Series “Soul Reset: Staying Grounded Through Purpose, Presence, and Practice”
July 23rd – Presenting “Rising Leaders: Amplifying Your communication Skills for Business Growth” to Nevada Small Business Development Center’s online meeting
Is Omnia making a positive impact in your organization?
If Omnia has helped your team hire smarter, lead better, or build a stronger culture, we want to hear about it. And so does our community! Reach out to our sales and marketing coordinator, Naomi Viglas at nviglas@omniagroup.com, to be our next Client Spotlight. It’s a great way to share your story and get a little visibility within our community.
Help shape your client experience
We want to make sure The Omnia Group is delivering the data, service, and support your organization needs.
Our annual Client Satisfaction Survey takes about 5–7 minutes and gives you the opportunity to share what’s working, what could be better, and how we can provide more value moving forward. Your feedback helps shape the client experience we deliver.
Thanks for reading this far. Please stay connected with us on social media and at the events. See you next month!
