How To Build A Great Organization

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

‘The first and underlying factor ‘X Factor’ in employee experience is a sincere belief in people.‘- Jill Popelka

‘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.‘- Jill Popelka

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

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

Employees must feel the freedom and flexibility to use their strengths.’- Jill Popelka

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

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

‘Managers, the culture carriers of a company, are more important than the c- suite.’- Jill Popelka

‘Authentic beats perfect.’- Jill Popelka

‘In all communication, keep it human.‘- Jill Popelka

‘A foundation of great employee experience is great employee health.’- Jill Popelka

‘Health is more than physical. It’s emotional, mental, and spiritual, as well.’- Jill Popelka

‘Employee experience means never mistaking activity for impact.’- Jill Popelka

‘When you understand purpose and vision, you crush obstacles in the way- because you can see them.’- Jill Popelka

Help your employees find their most effective working style and everyone wins.’- Jill Popelka

‘Business need to cultivate agility to keep pace with an ever-changing market.’- Jill Popelka

‘A culture of learning, upskilling, and reskilling provides the agility needed to survive and thrive.’- Jill Popelka

‘Resilient employees help sustain the health of business through times of crisis.’- Jill Popelka

‘We must continue the quest to unleash the potential of people at work.’- Jill Popelka

Listen to your employees and what they’re telling you.’- Jill Popelka

Create an environment where people feel they belong and have purpose.’- Jill Popelka

‘Seek to understand the strengths and aspirations of your people– and empower each one to put them to use!

Make recognition and active mentorship part of your culture.’- Jill Popelka

How To Manage Remote Employees

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‘Virtual meetings occur both one-on-one and in teams. … this new virtual intimacy may encourage conversations that wouldn’t normally happen in a workplace. Leaders must be aware that certain topics they discuss in one-on-one meetings will not be appropriate to bring up in full-team meetings, and that employees expect a certain amount of confidentiality from their leaders when they discuss subjects that they do not want exposed.’- Takako Hirata

Remove any mechanisms at work that monitor whether an employee is online or working. Trust is something that should be assumed to be there, and each time the team meets or surpasses expectations, that trust is built upon. Employers violates their employees’ trust when they use software that tracks their screens or keyboards.’– Takako Hirata

‘Recognition is one of the strongest motivators at work and helps ensure that leaders and employees are paying attention to their colleagues’ results and execution.’– Takako Hirata

Encourage team members to communicate and make informal connections when managers and other leaders are not present.’– Takako Hirata

‘Encourage flexibility and emphasize the importance of taking breaks.’- Takako Hirata

‘Encourage socialization among peers.’- Takako Hirata

Build a virtual office culture to help employees feel supported.’- Takako Hirata