Sustainable workplace 🌏

Some ideas!  -

 Explain which ERG groups you have in your business 

- Create new ones and let those that are not relevant anymore go 

- Link the groups and discussions to your values 

- Find your champions and ambassadors 

- Get a clear budget  and give the freedom to use it as the employees consider 

- Bring in data and calculate the impact of the work and results from the ERG's

Takeaways from my experience:

• Partner with marketing and create a local team to support the project
• If the budget enabled you, partner with an external agency with experience in the sector
• Do a lot of research and capture it in a sharing doc
• Draft questions and structure of the video
• Organise calls to get everyone on board, offer one-to-one to coach employee
• Stick to the plan and count on delays and possible roadblocks
• Say thank you
• Create a campaign to share

Takeaways:

• Add to all check-ins a question for managers to ask their teams about their well-being and mental status
• Communication from the CEO about the commitment
• Quarter newsletter with info about the Mental Health support
• Have multiple Mental Health First Aid in the office
• Communicate the anonymous hotline around the office and in ECO. Hotlines should be there for emotional, financial and all sorts of private topics employees do not want their employer to know
• Offer a You-Day a month: take time to relax, learn, spend time with the family, well-ness mental and body

@AliciaRoy__

Takeaways:

• Add to all check-ins a question for managers to ask their teams about their well-being and mental status
• Communication from the CEO about the commitment
• Quarter newsletter with info about the Mental Health support
• Have multiple Mental Health First Aid in the office
• Communicate the anonymous hotline around the office and in ECO. Hotlines should be there for emotional, financial and all sorts of private topics employees do not want their employer to know
• Offer a You-Day a month: take time to relax, learn, spend time with the family, well-ness mental and body

@AliciaRoy__

Sustainable workplaces have a lot to do with a healthy company culture and embracing the right values goes hand in hand with longevity and so sustainability. One of the most important aspects of a healthy company culture - in my view -  is peer to peer appreciation. It is not easy to nurture, as sometimes we can be competitive beings but if companies get it right, a real inclusive and team work environment can flourish.

The current context is clear, we know it is almost impossible to get new talent. On one hand, we are in a candidate centric market. The candidates are empowered to move around, change jobs, get a pay rise and seek their purpose. On the other hand, there is a massive shortage in skills. Technology is speeding the way the world is moving constantly and so the skills needed change rapidly too. Company culture is important, more important than ever, and most organisations know it - but do we get the employee appreciation strategy right though? Those organisations that are on the exciting journey of designing their company culture understand the power of a robust and well thought people strategy. 

Employee Appreciation is a fundamental part of who we are, we need to ask ourselves: how do we start celebrating our employees?   

Read the full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/work-anniversary-summer-parties-company-celebrations-why-alicia-roy/

The current context is clear, we know it is almost impossible to get new talent. On one hand, we are in a candidate centric market. The candidates are empowered to move around, change jobs, get a pay rise and seek their purpose. On the other hand, there is a massive shortage in skills. Technology is speeding the way the world is moving constantly and so the skills needed change rapidly too. Company culture is important, more important than ever, and most organisations know it - but do we get the employee appreciation strategy right though? Those organisations that are on the exciting journey of designing their company culture understand the power of a robust and well thought people strategy. 

Employee Appreciation is a fundamental part of who we are, we need to ask ourselves: how do we start celebrating our employees?   

Read the full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/work-anniversary-summer-parties-company-celebrations-why-alicia-roy/

With further lockdown restrictions being imposed across the UK, businesses are once again having to set up operations for home working and to manage a remote workforce. Unlike last year, when the coronavirus first took its toll and remote working came about quite suddenly, organisations should now be more or less armed with the tools for a remote office. But when it comes to managing employees remotely, there is evidence of organisations taking it a step further.  Read my full article here: https://resources.cornerstoneondemand...   For more tips on how to navigate the new normal, hear from our Chief Talent Officer, Kimberly Cassady and our Chief Learning Officer, Jeff Miller, as they discuss what leaders need to know in the new normal, in this video here.   https://resources.cornerstoneondemand...

So much content is out there about getting your workplace to invest in learning, but quite often, it’s not that your employees don’t want to learn and more so that you are struggling to convince your top level management that training initiatives are worth the investment. Training can be an expensive investment, convincing them to sign off the budget could be the biggest obstacle to creating a continuous learning culture, but here are some points that might just change their minds.  

1. Learning creates a more engaged workforce 

2. Learning equals productivity increase 

3. Learning reduces stress 

4. Learning means you stay relevant   

https://resources.cornerstoneondemand.co.uk/blog/converting-non-believers-how-investing-in-learning-pays-off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbyvOusalSE&feature=youtu.be