This article originally appeared in Smart Business - Akron / Canton Edition - October 2015

The Harvard Business Review found that the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a happy and engaged workforce*. A decade of research proves that employee happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome, yet according to Gallup, almost 7 out of 10 employees are unengaged at work, and nearly 2 out of 10 are actively disengaged. Simply put, the majority of executives are failing at THE item that provides the most significant advantage for their business.