Hearing and Heeding the Voice of the Employee
Suggested Audience: General managers, human resource managers,
internal and external organizational consultants, labor relations
specialists
Once you have seen one employee survey, you have just about seen them
all. Many seem to operate from a common set of questions, and even the
results often seem about the same from company to company. Senior management
is convinced that the scores should be higher, but just how much higher is
anybody's guess. Middle managers are told to improve things in their areas
of responsibility but are uncertain about what actions to take. Sound
familiar?
This presentation argues for a radically different approach-one that
begins by gathering a profile of the ideal employer from the employee point
of view and that concludes with a process that guarantees the effective
implementation of improvement plans.
A highly customized survey questionnaire is developed to measure the gap
between the ideal and what employees perceive as the actual work
environment. The survey also determines the elements of the work environment
that drive employees' commitment to:
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Customers |
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The job |
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Personal development |
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Superior financial results for the
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The presentation then outlines a powerful method for actually creating
positive organizational change, beginning with setting priorities and action
planning. This is followed by a process to measure and strengthen the
management team's alignment around the improvement plan. In turn, this leads
to a process to enroll the entire employee population in the effort.
In the course of the presentation, the audience is treated to a logical
sequence of actions that provides a provocative, refreshing and effective
alternative to the "same old way we've always done it."
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