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Engage your employees in your sustainability efforts

NHBSR Conference - engaging employees in social responsiblity

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How do you build a strategy that is focused on engaging employees in social responsible behavior.

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  • 1. Engage your employeesin your sustainability efforts

2. Facilitator: Robin Eichert- Principal ofPeopleSense Consulting Facilitator: Mirjam IJtsma Owner, president of Cultural ChemistryEngage your employeesin your sustainability efforts 3. Objective of this webinar: Highlight the Importance of focusing on employee engagement &sustainability Outline our 3-step approach to engaging employees To provide tools to support you in your engaging effortsQuestions & Discussions are encouraged! An exchange of experience and questions add to the value of thiswebinar, so interrupt as much as possible.Engage your employeesin your sustainability efforts 4. Employees who are areengaged in important green for your business 5. According to a Gallup study 6. Companies with high employee engagement 7. Show 37% lower absenteeism; 8. 49% lower turnover; 9. 18% higher productivity; 10. and 49% less safety incidents; 11. ISR published a report showing 12. Had an increaseof their operatingincome by 13. 19.2% 14. Companies withlow engagement saw a 15. decrease ofoperating income of32.8% 16. And although research shows that havinga strong Sustainable Strategy can increase employeeengagement. 17. It can also quickly turn into *Brighter Planet 2011 18. So the question remains: 19. How do you engage your employees in yourgreen vision AND keep them engaged? 20. 3 Steps for success Start the conversationCreate a vision Determine goals 21. Start the conversation Make time to discuss your vision Create awareness of the need toevolve Bring your knowledge to employees Educate on business management 22. Create a shared visionTogether with your employees: What does Sustainability mean? How can we implement sustainability? What is the benefit to be SocialResponsible? What knowledge do we need to gain? 23. Determine measurable goals Start with an idea from an employee Focus on behavioral change Start small Define SMARTER goals Make an employee responsible for follow up 24. Group discussionGroup 1 Group 2Group 3Communication CelebrationDevelopment (employees) Each group discusses how the assigned tool(communication, celebration, development)can be used at each of the 3 steps (start theconversation, create a vision, determine goals) 15 minutes One person provides brief 2 minutes summary 25. Tools in your ToolboxCommunication CelebrationDevelopment 26. Communicate Make something small important Communicate every where, every time Communicate data Let staff tell their own stories 27. Celebrate success Often Reward efforts Celebrate publicly Mention the data Do it again 28. Development Hiring / Recruiting On the Job/ Traditional training Performance Reviews 360/Feedback 29. Success =Start the conversation Create a visionDetermine goals 30. Tools in your ToolboxCommunication CelebrationDevelopment 31. Cultural ChemistryPeopleSense ConsultingMirjam IJtsma Robin EichertOwner, PresidentPrincipalP (603) 339 7257P (603) 532-5888E: [email protected]: [email protected] www.peoplesenseconsulting.comDownload this presentation and more tips : www.culturalchemistry.com/Conference www.peoplesenseconsulting.com/Conference 32. Cultural ChemistryPeopleSense ConsultingMirjam IJtsma Robin EichertOwner, PresidentPrincipalP (603) 339 7257P (603) 532-5888E: [email protected]: [email protected] www.peoplesenseconsulting.comDownload this presentation and more tips : www.culturalchemistry.com/Conference www.peoplesenseconsulting.com/Conference