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Platform Updates
Knowledge Base - New Year, New Look
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our updated Knowledge Base! All the same resources made available to you as before to help you find answers to your questions, but with a fresh new look. Resources include: an extensive library of articles and video tutorials for helpful platform information and survey best practices, a searchable database for quickly and easily finding answers to your questions, live chat to connect with a live support specialist, and more.
We are excited to announce that this year's Employee Engagement
Report is now available!
This annual report shares key metrics and insights from our 2023 engagement research database, along with steps you can take to make meaningful change in your organization this year.
In this report you will learn:
5-year engagement trend data and KPIs
Measurable business impacts of employee engagement trends
Key drivers most correlated with employee engagement in 2023
New ways for leaders to ask, listen, and engage with their staff
The People Element Platform makes it easy to collect employee feedback but what comes next can sometimes be challenging. Acting on your results can take many forms and what fits one organization might not fit another depending on size, structure, or available resources. However, below is a two-pronged approach that allows for org-wide action planning and action planning by key demographics important to you.
Org-Wide Action:
To ensure action is taken and not bottlenecked within leadership or HR, it can be helpful to create an Engagement Committee. This helps to create employee ownership, encourage diverse and innovative solutions, and serve as a development opportunity for committee members.
Appoint an Executive Sponsor: This is typically a member of leadership or HR. This role will set expectations, ask difficult questions, hold the committee accountable, and report their recommendations back to leadership for approval. Ideally, the executive sponsor is familiar with the People Element Platform and reporting.
Build a Team: Recruit a cross-functional team (6-12 people) from diverse roles within your organization. Typically, the team is recruited through a volunteer process but can be selected by leadership if needed. The team will be responsible for pinpointing focus areas and providing the executive sponsor with action items to present to leadership. They’re also responsible for managing the execution of the approved action plans.
Cascade Data: The executive sponsor will share org-wide results with the engagement committee in as much detail as needed to action plan. This might include providing them with access to the People Element Platform or sharing exported reports.
Accountability: It’s important to record your action plans and track their progress for an added layer of accountability. The People Element Platform makes it easy to record your plans using our action planning tool.
Key Demographic Action:
With action planning already occurring at the org-wide level, some action will be targeted by a key demographic such as manager or department. This depends on what demographics you have available and how much data you have per demographic. However, finding the right demographic will give mid/front line leaders a chance to make improvements specific to their teams.
Key Demographic: It’s important to find the demographic that works best for your organization. While it may sound great for every manager to build an action plan, there may not be enough data by manager, or depending on the number of managers, you may not have the resources to manage the process. Other common demographics that work are department, job family, or location.
Cascade Data:Provide demographic-specific data to the people responsible for acting. For example, if you’re taking action by department, provide each department head with access to their data (survey & data level access).
Data Education: Ensure the people acting have a solid understanding of the platform and their data. The People Element Knowledge Base is filled with helpful resources, but having someone familiar with reporting review their results with them and help them prioritize opportunities can also be helpful. People Element also has a Manager Action Guide available, intended to help managers and team leaders create plans.
Accountability: It’s important to record your action plans and track their progress for an added layer of accountability. The People Element Platform makes it easy to record your plans using our action planning tool.
Meet the Team
Name: Megan Schellinger
Title: Manager of Client Experience
Homebase: Onalaska, Wisconsin
Fun Fact: I worked at a movie theater in high school back when movies were still on film, so I know how to thread and start movies on film.
What do you like to do outside of work?
Outside of work you will find me playing volleyball, watching my favorite T.V. shows, or hanging out with my family. During the cold winter months, we like to get out of the house as much as possible while staying warm. Going to indoor waterparks, jump parks, and playgrounds is where we spend most of our weekends.
What is your “key driver” in doing what you do?
As an employee myself, I understand the need to voice your opinion and be heard. I enjoy being able to bring our tools into other companies to not only provide the employees with a voice but to help the company act on those voices and create positive and meaningful change.
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