Dr. Zach Mercurio

Belonging is like you're being picked for the team. Belonging is feeling welcomed, accepted, and connected into a group. Something like inclusion is being able to play in the game, being able to play an active role in the group. But mattering is feeling that the team wouldn't be complete without you. mattering is feeling significant to individuals in the group.

Belonging is like you're being picked for the team. Belonging is feeling welcomed, accepted, and connected into a group. Something like inclusion is being able to play in the game, being able to play an active role in the group. But mattering is feeling that the team wouldn't be complete without you. mattering is feeling significant to individuals in the group.

Belonging is like you're being picked for the team. Belonging is feeling welcomed, accepted, and connected into a group. Something like inclusion is being able to play in the game, being able to play an active role in the group. But mattering is feeling that the team wouldn't be complete without you. mattering is feeling significant to individuals in the group.

A lot of people have asked me, like, Zach, why did you want to write this book? And I say, I did not want to write this book. I felt that I had to write this book. The evidence is so clear as there's a reason why people more than ever right now are talking about mattering. There's a reason why you're writing a book. I'm writing a book. Other people are writing books about mattering.

A lot of people have asked me, like, Zach, why did you want to write this book? And I say, I did not want to write this book. I felt that I had to write this book. The evidence is so clear as there's a reason why people more than ever right now are talking about mattering. There's a reason why you're writing a book. I'm writing a book. Other people are writing books about mattering.

A lot of people have asked me, like, Zach, why did you want to write this book? And I say, I did not want to write this book. I felt that I had to write this book. The evidence is so clear as there's a reason why people more than ever right now are talking about mattering. There's a reason why you're writing a book. I'm writing a book. Other people are writing books about mattering.

And usually that happens when people experience the opposite of a phenomenon.

And usually that happens when people experience the opposite of a phenomenon.

And usually that happens when people experience the opposite of a phenomenon.

I've been calling it our mattering deficit. For example, when you look at employee engagement, Gallup just released their employee engagement data. It's the lowest it's been in a decade. And if you look at the two key drivers of that, one is just 39% of people said that they had someone at work who cared about them as a person.

I've been calling it our mattering deficit. For example, when you look at employee engagement, Gallup just released their employee engagement data. It's the lowest it's been in a decade. And if you look at the two key drivers of that, one is just 39% of people said that they had someone at work who cared about them as a person.

I've been calling it our mattering deficit. For example, when you look at employee engagement, Gallup just released their employee engagement data. It's the lowest it's been in a decade. And if you look at the two key drivers of that, one is just 39% of people said that they had someone at work who cared about them as a person.

just 30 percent of people in that survey said that they had someone at work that knew and invested in their potential so again like this is not a disengagement crisis and it's not something that programs or platforms can solve there are over a hundred different validated surveys to measure engagement there are 1500 certified quote-unquote

just 30 percent of people in that survey said that they had someone at work that knew and invested in their potential so again like this is not a disengagement crisis and it's not something that programs or platforms can solve there are over a hundred different validated surveys to measure engagement there are 1500 certified quote-unquote

just 30 percent of people in that survey said that they had someone at work that knew and invested in their potential so again like this is not a disengagement crisis and it's not something that programs or platforms can solve there are over a hundred different validated surveys to measure engagement there are 1500 certified quote-unquote

engagement coaches on linkedin and yet we're still disengaged and why right it's a mattering deficit people don't feel seen they don't feel heard just 30 of the workforce indicates 30 of the workforce says they feel quote unquote invisible in work and this is something that is solved through relationships not through programs and the same is true with loneliness i'm so glad you brought that up loneliness is the most glaring symptom of the mattering deficit

engagement coaches on linkedin and yet we're still disengaged and why right it's a mattering deficit people don't feel seen they don't feel heard just 30 of the workforce indicates 30 of the workforce says they feel quote unquote invisible in work and this is something that is solved through relationships not through programs and the same is true with loneliness i'm so glad you brought that up loneliness is the most glaring symptom of the mattering deficit

engagement coaches on linkedin and yet we're still disengaged and why right it's a mattering deficit people don't feel seen they don't feel heard just 30 of the workforce indicates 30 of the workforce says they feel quote unquote invisible in work and this is something that is solved through relationships not through programs and the same is true with loneliness i'm so glad you brought that up loneliness is the most glaring symptom of the mattering deficit

Because it isn't the quantity of connections that predicts loneliness. It's the quality. There's a great phrase in psychology called companionate love. And it's not passionate love, but it's the feelings of companionate love of having someone pay attention to us, affirm us, show us our uniqueness, show us our significance.

Because it isn't the quantity of connections that predicts loneliness. It's the quality. There's a great phrase in psychology called companionate love. And it's not passionate love, but it's the feelings of companionate love of having someone pay attention to us, affirm us, show us our uniqueness, show us our significance.