Author Archives: Gillian Harper
Realize Employee Experience Survey Insights: What We Learned in 2022
Driving workplace change starts with listening to our people. In early 2022, we heard from 281 employees working at five purpose-driven organizations in BC who participated in the first annual Realize Employee Experience Survey. These organizations ranged in size from 20 to 500 people and were primarily non-profit organizations. Using the Realize Employee Experience Framework,Continue reading “Realize Employee Experience Survey Insights: What We Learned in 2022”
3 Lessons for Leaders on How to Adapt for Hybrid Workplaces
Regardless of one’s own personal feelings on the matter, remote work is here to stay and hybrid work is the future for many remote-capable employees. Given this, it’s important for leaders and organizations to treat and approach hybrid work as an entirely new way of working together instead of an employee perk. What do theContinue reading “3 Lessons for Leaders on How to Adapt for Hybrid Workplaces”
5 Ways Coral Reefs Reflect the Employee Experience
I’m pretty sure that when I say “employee experience” your next thought will probably not be “coral reef”. But when I was working on building our Realize Employee Experience Framework™ (REEF) and saw the accidental acronym, I was struck with a wave of inspiration. If you think about it, they actually have quite a lotContinue reading “5 Ways Coral Reefs Reflect the Employee Experience”
Revitalize Your Employee Survey in 6 Easy Steps
Employee surveys. Most organizations do them once a year or even less frequently. Some might call them satisfaction surveys, some might call them engagement surveys. But either way, the results usually get filed away without much changing, which can lead to cynicism from employees and, ironically, lower levels of satisfaction and engagement. We focus soContinue reading “Revitalize Your Employee Survey in 6 Easy Steps”
We Made it to 2021, Now What? Adapting Management Styles for the Post-COVID Reality
For a lot of us, getting to the end of 2020 felt like a relief. But in reality, we’re still far away from getting back to “normal”, including in the workplace. For people who are able to work remotely, this will continue for the foreseeable future as vaccines are slowly rolled out. And there haveContinue reading “We Made it to 2021, Now What? Adapting Management Styles for the Post-COVID Reality”
10 Months Later: State of the Victoria Workforce
2020 has been a year of massive change and disruption around the world. It’s hard to believe that just shy of 10 months ago, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. I feel very lucky to have a job which can be done remotely, since many do not. Many more have eitherContinue reading “10 Months Later: State of the Victoria Workforce”
Re-Solidify Your Culture in the “New Normal”: 3 Ways Employee Empowerment Can Strengthen Culture
As we’re slowly and cautiously starting to reopen and navigate our “new normal”, there are a lot of frank and potentially difficult conversations and work to be done. What is your work culture going to be like as laid off employees are brought back? How much trust is there between staff and leadership? Is everyoneContinue reading “Re-Solidify Your Culture in the “New Normal”: 3 Ways Employee Empowerment Can Strengthen Culture”
Re-Solidify Your Culture in the “New Normal”: 3 Ways to Bolster Culture Through Purpose
As we’re slowly and cautiously starting to reopen and navigate our “new normal”, there are a lot of frank and potentially difficult conversations and work to be done. What is your work culture going to be like as laid off employees are brought back? How much trust is there between staff and leadership? Is everyoneContinue reading “Re-Solidify Your Culture in the “New Normal”: 3 Ways to Bolster Culture Through Purpose”
Compassionate Leadership: Taking Care of People as Humans First, and Employees Second
What is compassionate leadership? According to Harvard Business Review, compassion is the intent to contribute to the happiness and well-being of others. A compassionate leader has a genuine interest in giving people what they need – not just the minimum so that they will perform and increase profits, but what they will thrive. Along withContinue reading “Compassionate Leadership: Taking Care of People as Humans First, and Employees Second”