Recruitthebest Daily Digest- What Employees Want

‘Four things define a positive employee experience: Purpose, Agency, Belonging, Recognition.’

‘The first critical element of a great employee experience is a clear understanding of the company’s purpose and the employee’s part in it.’

‘Every employee should have a meaningful understanding of their customer- ‘line of sight.’

‘Passion drives purpose.’

‘To be engaged, employees need to feel control over their career journey.’

‘Leaders must give employees agency, guided by a business strategy.’

‘Employees must feel the freedom and flexibility to use their strengths.’

‘People will rise to what you believe in them to do.’

‘A culture of recognition is good for business, especially for attracting talent and keeping it.’

‘One-on-one appreciation is nice. Public praise is more impactful.’

Authentic beats perfect.’

Source:

Jill Popelka (2022). Experience Inc. : Why Companies That Uncover Purpose, Create Connection, and Celebrate Their People Will Triumph

What Are You Holding On To?

If you want to be free, to find peace in your life, you must be flexible. When it comes to making it in life, when it comes to achieving our dreams, when it comes to connecting with ourselves, flexibility is everything.

When you are flexible, you are free. When you are flexible, you can create your own life. You can dance in the rain. You can get important things done. You can move your life forward.

When you are flexible, you are not scared of the road ahead of you. You know how to get to where you are going.

When you are flexible, you are not scared of the storm. You know that things are not going to be perfect, that you do not have to wait for the perfect time before you take action.

When you are flexible, you are a student of life. You are not a master. You are a student. Because you don’t want to get stuck. You want to keep going. You want to keep growing.

When you are flexible, according to Tiffany, ‘… you are willing to let go of your hard and fast notions of where life is supposed to take you, you open up to all other opportunities that might be right around the corner.’

The question is, ‘What are you holding on to?’