Hard working employees are committed and engaged. When people start to move away from commitment and engagement, it is very likely because they don't see how their work matters. Then, they become less hard-working. If you're a leader responsible for strategic planning, it's up to you to figure out how to make the plan come to life. If that's your goal. If the plan is to put together a strategic plan that could be mistaken for an annual report and is laminated and put in a binder; you can do that... anyone can do that. If you're a leader who wants to bring meaning to that strategic plan, a balanced scorecard will get you there. The scorecard will help each person have better ways to understand how they contribute to the overall mission in a meaningful way. This is not "thank you for all you do" but really having intentional metrics for each function to strive for in order to meet the goals of the strategic plan under budget and on time.