If at first you dont succeed... Amanda Stickland, HR Business
Partner, Atkins
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DAC Induction Todays discussion Who are Atkins? Whats the
problem? What are we doing? How easy is this stuff?
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DAC Induction So who are we?
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DAC Induction Who hell Atkins
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DAC Induction Who are DAC? Defence Aerospace Information
Communications
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DAC Induction What's the problem? Growth: International
expansion Diversification of client base The war for talent...
Engineering Economic and demographic background So... In a
nutshell, number one priority is attraction and retention
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DAC Induction StrategyOD Workforce planning CultureEtc.. What
should we do? STEP 1: Identify where we are and where we need to be
STEP 2: Create a great people plan to build and embed attractive
culture STEP 3: Sell ourselves (employer brand).... EASY!!
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DAC Induction But is it easy? People didnt know what HR
does
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Alignment and 3 key pillars Competitiveness Customer Focus
Agility Diversity WellbeingPerformance People
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DAC Induction But who really delivers this? Line management
People didnt fully appreciate the importance of line managers
Development Build the case, revisit the case, revisit the case
again! Use right model / language Reinforce importance Senior
management lead Celebrate success Diversity
WellbeingPerformance
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DAC Induction Programme overview Clarity Feedback Recognition
Resources Coaching practice Appreciating diversity of styles
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DAC Induction How can you make it stick? Find multiple ways of
reinforcing message throughout employee pipeline Induction
Selection Make the most of your suppliers Ad hoc problem solving
practice what you preach Diversity WellbeingPerformance
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DAC Induction Wellbeing model The ASSET model of workplace
well-being Psychological well-being Sense of purpose Positive
emotions Organisational Outcomes Productivity and performance
Attendance (sickness absence) Retention (turnover) Attractiveness
to recruits Customer / user satisfaction Individual Outcomes
Productivity and satisfaction Morale and motivation Employee
engagement Commitment Health Enablers and Barriers Resources and
communication Control Work life balance / workload Job security and
change Work relationships Job conditions Diversity
WellbeingPerformance
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DAC Induction Now can we sell ourselves?
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DAC Induction Employer brand... Business or corporate? What can
we do? Advertising Events Candidate experience Use of social media
Messaging!