Disengagement is a business cost. What could it be costing you?
Your payroll is a real investment. Lost focus, disconnected teams and missed collaboration can erode its value. Put a number against the risk, then define what a worthwhile programme needs to achieve.
One accountable lead for your agreed programme.
Different departments. A shared experience.
Illustrative programme design
The cost does not stop when the working day ends.
Salaries are visible. The cost of reduced contribution is harder to see. Treat engagement as a business question, not just an events budget.
LyfeGo designs structured opportunities for connection, participation and team development. These can support a wider engagement strategy, but do not replace action on management, workload or working conditions.
Singapore’s engagement context
86% not engaged or actively disengaged
- 14% engaged
- 86% not engaged or actively disengaged
Source: Singapore Institute of Directors & Gallup, Singapore Workplace Report 2026, p. 39. The report gives 86% for 2025. Singapore engagement figures use a three-year rolling average.
These national figures do not establish your organisation’s engagement level or predict the impact of a LyfeGo programme. Use your own baseline to agree appropriate measures.
How much is disengagement costing your company?
Gallup estimates that low engagement cost the global economy approximately US$10 trillion in lost productivity in 2025, equivalent to 9% of global GDP. Your company’s cost needs its own evidence, not an automatic percentage of payroll.
Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026, p. 6.
Explore your company’s scenario
Fixed scenario: 86% not engaged or actively disengaged
71%
Passively disengaged
Gallup category: “not engaged”. Shown for context, not included in the cost estimate.
Approximately 142 employees
15%
Actively disengaged
The cost estimate applies the historical 34% salary benchmark to this group only.
Approximately 30 employees
Both percentages refer to the whole workforce. The 15% is included in the 86%, not added to it.
Source: Gallup, Singapore 2026 country data (three-year rolling average ending 2025)Uses fixed national benchmarks, not your company’s measured engagement levels.
Estimated annual cost of active disengagement
Historical-benchmark scenario, not measured loss
$612,000
$51,000 per month under these assumptions
Employees × average annual salary × 15% actively disengaged × 34% salary-cost benchmark.
An illustrative estimate, not verified losses or guaranteed programme savings.
Uses a historical 34% estimate attributed to Gallup by LinkedIn Learning, not a current Singapore-specific finding. Source: LinkedIn Learning, How to Calculate the Cost of Employee Disengagement (2017).
Inclusivity needs to be designed in.
If your ambition is to include 80–100% of your company, inclusivity needs to be a design factor from the start. Adjust the activities, involve leadership and offer meaningful variety. Participation remains a target, not a guarantee.
Adapt the activity, not the people.
Even sports associated with speed and contact, such as football and rugby, can be redesigned with lower-intensity formats. Rules, pace, equipment and contact levels should fit the participant profile, not the other way round.
One LyfeGo example is three-legged football: pairs coordinate their movement, making communication part of the activity. A simple change can create a different way for colleagues to interact.
Three-legged formats can introduce balance and trip risks. Use them only where suitable after assessing participants and conditions, with alternative formats available. Every activity needs its own review.
Adjust the demands
- Pace and contact
- Rules and equipment
- Space and recovery
Fit the participants
- Confidence and experience
- Physical considerations
- Suitable alternatives
Explore the seven intensity dials
Team Bonding Experience
Connection and shared experience in 2–4 hours. Target 80%+ active participation and create at least three structured interaction opportunities. Participation is a target, not a guarantee.
Corporate Sports Carnival
Broad participation and activity discovery for 50 or more people. Design the timetable and capacity to enable at least four activity experiences, with individual take-up depending on preferences and suitability.
What does your budget mean per participant?
Compare two participation assumptions against the same budget. Use the results to discuss programme design and capacity.
Your planning assumptions
Example values are editable. These are not quoted prices.
Scenario A
50% participation assumption
$120.00
per active participant
100
estimated active participants
Scenario B
80% participation assumption
$75.00
per active participant
160
estimated active participants
What changes between the scenarios?
+60 active participants in Scenario B
Active participants = invited employees × participation rate, rounded to whole people. Cost per active participant = total budget ÷ active participants. Where the estimate rounds to zero, no unit cost is calculated.
This comparison assumes the same budget and sufficient delivery capacity. Higher participation may require additional staffing, equipment or venue capacity. Figures are planning scenarios, not a forecast, a LyfeGo quote or a measure of financial ROI. Agree what counts as active participation before measuring it.
Agree what the programme needs to achieve before committing the budget.
Bring your audience, objectives and participation barriers into the conversation. We will help you assess the format, delivery requirements and measures that fit.
Your programme scenario
- Audience and budget
- 200 invited employees · $12,000.00
- Participation assumptions
- Scenario A: 50% · Scenario B: 80%
- Objective and agreed scope
- Discuss the intended interaction, participant needs, capacity and delivery arrangements.
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