Here’s something they’ll probably never teach you in business school: The most consequential decision you make in your job—more important than all the rest—is who you name manager. When you name the right people to manage your company’s

When you name the wrong person manager, nothing fixes that bad decision. Not compensation, not benefits—nothing.

Gallup just updated its global database of employee surveys, which includes a sample of 1,390,941 employees in 192 organizations covering 49 industries in 34 countries. This is Gallup’s Q12 database, and it is the biggest of its kind. What we found out about managers and employees has serious implications for the future of the U.S. economy.

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