The Engagement Roadmap
4 Ways to Improve Engagement Scores Using Your Own HR Strategy & Technology
With all the buzz about engagement over the past few years, the reality is that most programs are not generating measurable, bottom-line results. But the problem is not necessarily what you are doing, but rather how you are doing it!
While many of these engagement ideas sound great on the surface, the reality is "bolting on" various engagement tools only creates a more complicated, expensive and ineffective approach. It's time to stop forcing engagement and start integrating it.
In this informative, new webinar we will share relevant and realistic ways to improve your engagement scores using the HR strategies and technology you already use every day! No more bolting on software - no more engagement plans of the month - these are real-life case studies, statistics and strategies you can use today to integrate and improve your engagement scores.
Learn 4 ways strategic HR departments are using integrating engagement including:
1. Engaging Applicants - how to increase the number of quality hires with less work
2. Engaging Employees - the guaranteed way to cut turnover 20% in your first year!
3. Engaging Line Managers - how to get managers to embrace your engagement program
4. Engaging the C-Suite - how to get buy-in for your engagement goals
Plus, get the template for creating your own Engagement Roadmap! If you have an employee engagement initiative this year – you won’t want to miss this webinar. This content-packed webinar is great for HR leaders and management of virtually any sized company.
To learn more, visit http://hrsoft.com
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Our Approach
The Engagement Roadmap
90% of HR leaders think an engagement strategy
will have an impact on business success,
but less than 25% have a strategy.
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Properly Utilizing Strategy & Technology
The Engagement Roadmap
Sometimes we have
the right intentions but
are using the wrong tools.
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The Old Strategies
The Engagement Roadmap
Traditional Talent Management practices are not working.
71% of workers are disengaged
“Actively Disengaged: employees
Costs U.S. businesses $500B per year
Employee turnover has been
Increasing for the last 5 years
Source: Gallup
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Engaged Managers
The Engagement Roadmap
Decision Support
Clear & Consistent Guidelines
Process Transparency & Trust
Empower to make decisions
& mistakes
Empowered Managers = Engaged Managers
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Engaged Managers
The Engagement Roadmap
Tools, Time & Training
Accountability
Consistency
Coaching
The “HR Angel”
70% of HR leaders said growing manager skills was a top priority.
Source: 2014 Root Survey
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Engaged Managers
The Engagement Roadmap
Strategy
Line Management
Technology
ATS/Comp/Performance
Engagement Roadmap
Decision Guidelines
Accountability & Results Tracking
Coaching & Training
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Engaged Employees
The Engagement Roadmap
Communication
What they are doing
(process & procedure)
How they are doing it
(performance)
Why they are doing it
(satisfaction)
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Engaged Employees
The Engagement Roadmap
Strategy
Talent Management
Technology
ATS
Performance
Total Rewards
Stay Interviews
Engagement Roadmap
Job Descriptions
Comp & Benefit Info
Performance Reviews
Stay Plans
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Engaged C-Suite
The Engagement Roadmap
Understanding Alignment
Current Company Positioning
Company Goals & Vision
How does engagement fit in and
benefit the goals of the:
CEO
CFO
CHRO
CIO
Integrating engagement must be a strategic fit.
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Engaged C-Suite
The Engagement Roadmap
Demonstrating Value
Know the goals
Know your numbers
Turnover rate/costs
Engagement scores
Cost per hire
Time to hire
Show the impact
To dramatically improve engagement scores,
you don’t need to spend more – just spend differently.
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Engaged C-Suite
The Engagement Roadmap
Strategy
Corporate Strategy
Technology
ROI Calculators
Engagement Roadmap
Align Engagement w/priorities
Focus on Savings (not just scores)
Shift don’t spend
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Building Your Engagement Roadmap
The Engagement Roadmap
Strategy
Recruiting
Talent Management
Line Management
Corporate
Engagement
Roadmap
Technology
Applicant Tracking
Compensation
Performance
Total Rewards
Stay Interviews
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Presented By
The Engagement Roadmap
Brian Sharp
Chief Marketing Officer
Brian.Sharp@HRsoft.com
/in/bsharponline
@bsharponline | @hrsoft_inc
34. The Engagement Roadmap
4 Ways to Improve Engagement Scores Using Your Own HR Strategy & Technology
Notas do Editor
- Today we are going to talk about how to increase your engagement scores
it’s something we all know is important but not sure where to start
Being taught to just bolt on solutions, but they are not working
25% of you have a plan – today is more about validation and some new ideas
50% have an idea of what you want to do – need some ideas on how to get started
25% need some ideas, this has not been as much of a priority in the past
Using the strategy & technology you work with every day
A simplified DIY approach
- An experience you can create with the HR strategies and technology you use every day
Friends at google, linkedIn, GoPro
Your campus does not need to look like an amusement park, have a slide in the lobby or free massage
Bolting on may make a blip but not solve the problem
Going to talk through how to integrate engagement in 4 key areas that HR touches
My disclaimer
Not an HR expert
Have oppty to interview and work with them every day
My expertise is in using technology to execute strategy
Warning: don’t try to do all of this. Find one idea in each area to integrate
Not all of you will be using all of these strategies and technology, that’s OK
Idea is to expose you to what’s available under your fingertips or in the market to help!
The foundation that this roadmap is built upon is HITM
The GPS system
set the tone from the beginning
Hiring engaged employees starts with engaged candidates
Take control of your brand
marketing to your candidates is not different than your customers
Get them engaged so you can attract and hire the best candidates
Career sites
Should reflect the image and quality of your brand (not look like your kid made it)
Provide an engaging user experience
Company Messaging (Value Proposition)
What makes your company special? What do you stand for? Why would someone want to work there?
Use it to convey the message that will attract your ideal candidates
This stuff matters! (see statistic)
Connect with candidates
Keeping them engaged is about making it easy and interactive
STORY: online shopping analogy (think about a fun, easy purchase compared to one you have to figure out)
Social media – how are you connecting and engaging with them online (that’s where they live!). What are they reading about you? It’s not just about posting jobs it’s about connecting with your candidates.
Easy application process – keeping them engaged is about keeping them on the page (just like marketing). Your career site should be easy to use and intuitive to follow.
Candidate Communications – how are you engaging during the process? Don’t keep them guessing, keep them connected!
Post Hire Programs – how are you engaging with them right after hire? Is it structured or only when needed?
STATISTIC: 35% of American workers quit in the first 6 months. Only 52% are engaged 6 months after hire.
Engagement is not something you just do, you integrate – create post hire programs and really nurture the new-hires
STORY: University Health Network
100k applications/year with only 8 staff
Integrated engagement by focusing on
Branding: why their organization was a great place to work (the groundbreaking work they do in healthcare)
Branding helped improve candidate self selection best fit for the co. culture (filter out candidates before they apply)
Hiring Process: users were used to fast and easy sites, had to build their career site that way
Initially technology was the advantage of the applicant, but now it benefits both
The fixed retention by integrating engagement into the recruiting process.
This is where the magic happens
The catalyst for your engagement initiatives: Line managers, not HR, are ultimately the key drivers of engagement
STATISTIC: most employees don’t quit because of the job or pay- but because of the manager
But the line managers need to be engaged just like the employees. Let’s talk about how
Decision support helps empower the line managers.
More engaged
Better leaders
Shift a strategic role from HR and give to manager now – play a bigger role
Clear & Consistent Guidelines
Engage them by giving them guidelines to follow to allow them to run the process themselves
Process transparency
promotes trust between HR and managers
Empower them to make decisions and mistakes (your tools should help with both)
Keeps them engaged in decision process and strategy rather than just checking off boxes
Tools, Time & Reporting
STATISTIC – 70% of HR said growing mgr skills/leadership was a top priority
Accountability
Nothing keeps a manager engaged like accountability
Use your tools to show them the results and understand the “why”
Consistency
Engaging managers is not a one and done deal. We have to make time on a consistent basis and coach them
Make sure goals, guidelines and intiatives don’t get lost in the day-to-day
Create your own HR Angel
Provide HR strategy, support and guidelines (not micro-manage)
STORY: United (major airline carrier that went through merger)
Wanted to offer a merit increase across the board (used to apply a single % across the board)
Instead gave guidelines to the managers
They used strategy & technology of their comp system to allocate the merit bonuses more effectively
Saved company money, and rewarded their top performers (helping employee engagement)
In the opening, we talked about the huge benefit, challenge and opportunity in this area
To integrate engagement, we need to shift from surveys and broad programs to 1 on 1 attention
Information
Knowledge is power
Easy to assume they know this stuff, but it’s commonly one of the areas of frustration
This can help avoid the unexpected turnover of great employees
Job Descriptions
Engaged employees want to have clear expectations (use your strategy/technology to share this info!)
Comp & Benefits
If you did a survey of what employees thought their total comp was, would it come in higher or lower than actual amount? Lower!
Use tools like Total Rewards to share this key info
Company Info
Engagement is about the experience. Need to connect them to the company not just the job responsibilities
They want to know. They are proud. Share it with them!
Communication
Engagement is about the experience. They need feedback on it and want to talk about it
STORY: Delaware River Port Authority
DRPA was a story where they had a very hierarchical, one way communication culture where managers talked and employees were expected to listen. They wanted to create, instead, a ‘culture of conversations.” So they started with PERFORMview and are now moving ahead with STAYview.
We could put this at the beginning, it’s that important.
Some of you have great support in your engagement goals with upper management, some not so much
The goal here is to align your strategy with them, and demonstrate the value for each of them – get them engaged!
Understanding Alignment
We engage the c-level execs by thinking engagement from the company and their perspectives (not HR)
CEO – company growth
CFO – financial responsibility
CHRO – HR strategy & operations
CIO – technology roadmap
Know the goals – what engagement goals are you trying to achieve? How will they be measured? (savings, revenue, scores)
Know your Numbers: time to hire, retention rate, engagement scores, cost per hire, turnover rate, turnover costs/year
Show Impact: calculate the numbers (you might be surprised)
Revenue
Retention
Technology
STORY: Christopher Ford
We often hear no money for HR, not a priority, not a seat at the table
Real issue is misunderstanding of the HR value prop @ c-level
Identifying ways to integrate engagement using what you have will secure support and success
Aligned with what’s important to them
Addresses their concerns/priorities
Covered a lot of great
4 ways to integrate engagement
Candidates
Managers
Employees
C-Suite
Now it’s time to build your own
Remember, you cannot do it all (nor should you!)
To start: pick 1 strategy and 1 technology to begin your engagement roadmap
Our roadmap looks like this
Built to integrate engagement for strategic HR departments
Not sure where to start?
Have questions? We’re here to help!