Thought Leadership: Tips to Improve Engagement Across the Entire Employee Lifecycle

Continuing our recent thought leadership momentum, today we're excited to share another great CMSwire article by our own Kosheno Moore! This piece delves into ways companies can bring more rigor to their employee engagement strategies at each stage of the employee lifecycle.

Kosheno recommends organizations define their touchpoints using a combination of people, process and technology (such as Jive) in order to…

1. Set the Right Impression and Expectations With Effective Onboarding
2. Create a Sense of Purpose With Top-Down Strategic Messaging
3. Create a Sense of Belonging via a Bottoms-Up Feedback Loop
4. Mine Your Employee Sentiment Through Thoughtful Offboarding

“Digital enterprise communities can give new and long-time employees alike a forum where they can voice their opinions through discussions, surveys and focus groups, and connect with teammates and leaders, as well as interest- or location-based groups. Your enterprise community not only provides the tactical means to gather employee input, it also allows you to measure engagement. During onboarding, for instance, you can centralize all related materials, then evaluate the sentiment and impact of every interaction with your onboarding content. These metrics will quickly identify whether your onboarding experience is resonating with people and where you can improve.”

Read the article here.