EMPLOYEESELECTIONGUIDEHow to select individuals for an employee-led team todocument the current state of your culture.

WHY AN EMPLOYEE-LED GROUP?

TO ENSURE THE ORGANIZATION /SENIOR LEADERS HAVE ANACCURATE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCE THECULTURE.

JUST ASKING HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE WITH THE CULTURE ONLYGIVE ORGANIZATIONS HIGH LEVEL SIGNALS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.DIAGNOSING HOW AND WHEN EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCE THECULTURE BUILDS THE AWARENESS ORGANIZATIONS NEED TOSUCCESSFULLY MANAGE CULTURE.

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Is this individual a strong influencer on others in the team?A strong influencer will help gather input from employees in anefficient way.

Is this person willing to tell senior leaders the truth, even if it isnot always what they want to hear?”An honest individual will drive the initiative with the right rigorand share opinions, suggestions less hesitatingly.

Does this individual have a positive voice in the organization?Employees will be more comfortable and likely to share informationwith someone who they see as a positive person (and not as acomplainer) and will be less likely to dismiss this person’s feedback.

Does this individual have access to other influential employeeswho can provide inputs to assessment?Access to other influential employees will provide a wider outreachto your data collection efforts.

Use the questions on the right to nominate individualsto be a part of the employee group. Answers to thesequestions will help you fill the “Reason for nomination”column in the nomination form below.

Is this individual historically receptive to other HR initiatives?Such initiatives require active participation in change managementcommunications, and it’s important that the individual is receptiveto changes to be able to communicate to other employees.

Source: Gartner

NOTE:When selecting individuals, ensure that you choose theright number of individuals to provide representationacross a range of employee demographics to make it aright mix of people.

Sample Demographics to Consider while Choosing IndividualsSource: Gartner

Name of the nomineeDemographic informationex: Team, Location Reason for nomination

Jack Smith7 years in the organizationSenior Analyst

Jack is a strong influencer and has been a rolemodel to his team for driving organization culture.

Use the nomination form template below to nominate the individuals for the employee group. Ask leaders tonominate employees based on the guidance given above.

HR can then review the full list with executive stakeholders/sponsors as necessary to finalize the employee group.

Source: Gartner