Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Avoiding confrontation is a pretty common character trait. Not many of us thrive on delivering tough feedback, difficult news, or unpleasant circumstances to people. It’s even more difficult when you’re having those tough conversations with friends, colleagues, and clients – people you care about and are invested in. We now live in a world where our opportunities to “hide” are more prevalent than ever, adding to the innate tendency to avoid conflict.!

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Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Organizational structures (such as a hierarchy or management levels) are put into place to create clear areas of accountability and efficiencies in an organization’s operations. Understanding who to place in each respective position of an organization can be tricky, decisions must be made with intent to avoid disastrous results. From my education in Human Resource Management, one statement has stuck with me as a cautionary guide is “Do not promote to failure”.

Coaching 52

Coaching Strategy Resources Compliance Training 52

Workforce Science Associates

MARCH 31, 2023

March 7th – 10th, about 10,000 people descended upon Salt Lake City to attend the Qualtrics Annual X4 Summit. Eleven of us, decked up in our WSA gear, boarded flights, trains, and automobiles (well, to be fair, no trains were a part of our itinerary) to attend this summit. The conference itself was an outstanding production. Qualtrics did an incredible job of gathering some of the brightest minds to deliver keynotes that left everyone in the audience inspired.

Conference 52

Conference Training Compliance Training Wellness 52

Workforce Science Associates

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In the past two years, we’ve been asked more and more frequently to help our clients develop an “Always-On Engagement” program. An Always-On Engagement program is essentially a program where leaders are “always listening”. Employees are used to a world where information and data are readily accessible, so the question becomes: How does this relate to employee listening strategies?

Onboarding Software 52

Onboarding Software Employee Engagement Survey Benchmarking 52

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Understanding Results. When implementing any employee listening program, it’s always important to start with the end in mind. By that I mean, what type of results are we really after? What is truly actionable? What will we do with the information we’ve gathered? How can this program make a positive impact? Knowing how important it is for results to be understood is what drives the design of our best practice dashboard.

Data 52

Data Survey Analysis Diversity 52

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Understanding Results. When implementing any employee listening program, it’s always important to start with the end in mind. By that I mean, what type of results are we really after? What is truly actionable? What will we do with the information we’ve gathered? How can this program make a positive impact? Knowing how important it is for results to be understood is what drives the design of our best practice dashboard.

Data 52

Data Analysis Diversity Examples 52

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As leading experts in Employee Engagement, WSA is keen on ensuring that we do not just talk the talk, but that we walk the walk. So, when we listened to the employee voice through our annual engagement survey and heard that our employees were yearning for growth and development opportunities, which also happens to be the #1 driver of retention in our massive WSA data database, we took action.

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Compliance Training Resources Meeting 52

Workforce Science Associates

AUGUST 31, 2022

The ongoing study of exit and onboarding survey data provides key insights into equipping and retaining employees for long-term success. For organizations who do not have a digital process to collect this data the task can be complicated and cumbersome to complete on a regular basis. Qualtrics Directory Automation allows organizations to fully automate data collection using any organization’s HRIS data.

Data 40

Data Onboarding Software Hiring Software Survey 40

Workforce Science Associates

AUGUST 31, 2022

When we think about an organization’s listening program, we usually start with listening to the voice of the employee. However, many organizations also want to listen to the voice of the manager to gain an an additional perspective in their employee listening program. This could be the voice of the manager as it relates to an employee in regards to quality of hire, the onboarding experience or the exit process. .

Survey 40

Survey Hiring Software Onboarding Software Onboarding 40

Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

What is Employee Engagement, Really? And How does it Contribute to the Employee Experience? Employee engagement is the measure of how far an organization can go with the talent they have. For peak performance, culture and engagement go hand-in-hand. Culture is the difference between an ordinary group of people and a unified organization. Culture and Engagement are two parts of a transformational whole.

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Talent Experience Data Survey 52

Workforce Science Associates

OCTOBER 18, 2018

How to Recognize Employee Engagement. The Employee Engagement Picture, Know it When You See It. If you had to sum it up with a single concept, employee engagement is all about psychological ownership. When I become engaged, when I feel a sense of ownership, the company ceases to be your company and becomes my company. It doesn’t matter whether or not I own a single share of stock.

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Productivity Company How To 52

Workforce Science Associates

MARCH 28, 2022

Just like the clients we serve, WSA prioritizes our own employee listening strategy. We Listened. As our world has continued to evolve since the pandemic hit in early 2020, zoom meetings, scheduled calls, and full calendars have become the new normal. We worked quickly as an organization to adapt to this new normal and create new points of connection with our customers and partners.

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Meeting Survey Data 52

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Creating an effective 360 degree feedback survey means understanding the difference between 360 degree feedback surveys and employee engagement surveys. They both serve different purposes and should be used according to what your business wants to accomplish. Know the Difference. Use the right question items on the survey. The single biggest mistake made by most companies when designing their 360 degree feedback process is using items that are inappropriate for this type of survey.

Survey 52

Survey Employee Engagement Competencies Groups 52

Workforce Science Associates

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. Forty years of employee research – lessons learned. Companies have been conducting employee surveys for many decades, mostly with mixed results. In far too many instances, the periodic employee survey, sometimes expendable, has been an obligatory act of leadership to see what leaders could learn, if anything, by listening to their employees.

Survey 52

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Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 28, 2019

Using the Right Engagement Index is Critical to a Successful Engagement Process. The ultimate purpose for finding the most precise index for measuring and benchmarking employee engagement is to ensure accurate identification of actionable management factors that cause employees to want to work harder, stay longer and care more. In other words, the most important question to be answered is: What can managers and leaders do, at every level of an organization, that could cause employees within that

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Analysis Benchmarking Survey 52

Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I’m a sports fan, and this is a sports story. Some of the most fun and educational experiences of my career came from when I have been able to work closely with professional and college teams in several different sports. If you’re not a sports fan—in fact, if you’ve had it up to there with sports metaphors in business—take heart. First, this story is about hockey—a sport I admittedly knew absolutely nothing about at the time.

Talent Experience 52

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Workforce Science Associates

MAY 26, 2020

A Powerful Lever During Challenging Times. During critical times, emotions tend to be expansive, ranging from lows to highs in a moment’s notice. Employees might turn from fear to anxiety to gratitude to gratefulness all within a few hours. The level of severity and change COVID-19 brought upon our world, our businesses, our workforces, and us as individuals amount to a level many of us have never seen before.

Compliance Training 52

Compliance Training Planning Tools Training Tools 52

Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 19, 2020

SHRM Snapshot of the Effect of the Pandemic on Business. What you need to know about the changing environment. It’s no secret that we are approaching a new normal for businesses and for workforces. The COVID-19 crisis has been devastating for many business owners, leaders, and employees worldwide. SHRM publishes a bi-weekly pulse of how the pandemic is impacting US businesses—information we see as being extremely valuable to HR departments, CEOs, and all business leaders across the country.

Video Recruiting 52

Video Recruiting Industry Report Hiring 52

Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 25, 2020

What you say matters. It’s important, as leaders, that we understand the difference between good and poor communication. That being said, the difference isn’t always clear. We hear different advice and perspectives on what’s effective—especially in our current environment. Good communication has three facets: Clarity. Transparency. Impact. As leaders, we have the responsibility to deliver the right message at the right time in the right way, particularly during times of change and unrest.

Compliance Training 52

Compliance Training ATS 52

Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 1, 2021

Engage and Equip: Two Critical Points of Measurement in the Employee Experience. The WSA employee experience model is made up of two components: Engage and Equip. These two concepts, when taken together, explain the likelihood that employees have both the willingness and the ability to perform at their fullest potential. Engage equals “want to” with respect to this issue and Equip equals “able to”.

Survey 52

Survey Planning Tools Employee Engagement Compliance Training 52

Workforce Science Associates

JULY 7, 2021

On June 28th, WSA announced our new partnership with SHRM, and I’d like to share why we are so excited about the value this brings our customers and the HR community. To preface the partnership, I firmly believe that human resources has never played a more critical role in business than it does right now. It’s also never been as challenging to be an HR leader as it is today.

HR Planning 52

HR Planning Benchmarking HR Software Survey 52

Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As a firm focused on empowering the employee experience for workforces and organizations globally, we are proud of the difference we make through our consulting, content, and delivery expertise. Our science-based focus on the voices of millions of employees is what sets us apart from the competition. But another important aspect of the value we provide to our customers is our partnership with Qualtrics® XM.

Survey 52

Survey Data Analytics Compliance 52

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Taking Action on Diversity and Inclusion. Many organizations are new to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. How do you decide where to focus your efforts? How do you know if new initiatives are working? In this program, WSA’s Kris Erickson will explain how studying intersectional employee demographics helps uncover employees who have a lower sense of belonging in the workplace.

Diversity 52

Diversity High Performance Culture Assessment Software Trends 52

Workforce Science Associates

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What You Need to Know from Employees Around the World. Learn how to delineate between foundational psychological drivers of employee engagement and the new emerging factors that are growing increasingly critical to workforce performance. Understand which levers of the employee experience have changed, which ones remain steady, and which ones are more critical than ever before.

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Compliance Training Diversity Survey 52

Workforce Science Associates

MAY 26, 2020

A Powerful Lever During Challenging Times. During critical times, emotions tend to be expansive, ranging from lows to highs in a moment’s notice. Employees might turn from fear to anxiety to gratitude to gratefulness all within a few hours. The level of severity and change COVID-19 brought upon our world, our businesses, our workforces, and us as individuals amount to a level many of us have never seen before.

Compliance Training 52

Compliance Training Planning Tools Training Tools 52

Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As an organization focused on empowering the employee experience for workforces and organizations globally, we are proud of the difference we make through our consulting, content, and delivery expertise. Our science-based focus on the voices of millions of employees is what sets us apart from the competition. But another important aspect of the value we provide to our customers is our partnership with Qualtrics.

Survey 40

Survey Data Analytics Compliance 40

Workforce Science Associates

JULY 7, 2021

On June 28th, WSA announced our new partnership with SHRM, and I’d like to share why we are so excited about the value this brings our customers and the HR community. To preface the partnership, I firmly believe that human resources has never played a more critical role in business than it does right now. It’s also never been as challenging to be an HR leader as it is today.

HR Planning 52

HR Planning Benchmarking HR Software Survey 52

Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 1, 2021

Engage and Equip: Two Critical Points of Measurement in the Employee Experience. The WSA employee experience model is made up of two components: Engage and Equip. These two concepts, when taken together, explain the likelihood that employees have both the willingness and the ability to perform at their fullest potential. Engage equals “want to” with respect to this issue and Equip equals “able to”.

Survey 52

Survey Planning Tools Employee Engagement Compliance Training 52

Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 25, 2020

What you say matters. It’s important, as leaders, that we understand the difference between good and poor communication. That being said, the difference isn’t always clear. We hear different advice and perspectives on what’s effective—especially in our current environment. Good communication has three facets: Clarity. Transparency. Impact. As leaders, we have the responsibility to deliver the right message at the right time in the right way, particularly during times of change and unrest.

Compliance Training 52

Compliance Training ATS 52

Workforce Science Associates

JUNE 19, 2020

SHRM Snapshot of the Effect of the Pandemic on Business. What you need to know about the changing environment. It’s no secret that we are approaching a new normal for businesses and for workforces. The COVID-19 crisis has been devasting for many business owners, leaders, and employees worldwide. SHRM publishes a bi-weekly pulse of how the pandemic is impacting US businesses—information we see as being extremely valuable to HR departments, CEO’s, and all business leaders across the country.

Video Recruiting 52

Video Recruiting Industry Report Hiring 52

Workforce Science Associates

MAY 26, 2020

A Powerful Lever During Challenging Times. In a critical time, emotions tend to be expansive, ranging from lows to highs in a moment’s notice. Employees might turn from fear to anxiety to gratitude to gratefulness all within a few hours. The level of severity and change COVID19 brought upon our world, our businesses, our workforces, and us as individuals amount to a level many of us have never seen before.

Compliance Training 52

Compliance Training Planning Tools Training Tools 52

Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

What is Employee Engagement, Really? And What is a Good Employee Engagement Definition? Employee engagement is the measure of how far an organization can go with the talent they have. For peak performance, culture and engagement go hand-in-hand. Culture is the difference between an ordinary group of people and a unified organization. Culture and Engagement are two parts of a transformational whole.

Employee Engagement 40

Employee Engagement Data Survey Groups 40

Workforce Science Associates

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

When designing and setting up an employee engagement survey, the overriding consideration is to ensure the utilization of good science. But it’s not just about good science. Even more, it’s about the right science. Use our six proven pitfalls to avoid key mistakes and ensure your employee engagement survey is designed with the right science so your organization can see the powerful outcomes of doing employee engagement done right.

Employee Engagement 40

Employee Engagement Survey Analysis Report 40

Workforce Science Associates

OCTOBER 18, 2018

How to Recognize Employee Engagement. The Employee Engagement Picture, Know it When You See It. If you had to sum it up with a single concept, employee engagement is all about psychological ownership. When I become engaged, when I feel a sense of ownership, the company ceases to be your company and becomes my company. It doesn’t matter whether or not I own a single share of stock.

Employee Engagement 40

Employee Engagement Productivity Company How To 40

Workforce Science Associates

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Getting employee survey timing right. When it comes to employee engagement, timing and balance are critical. Similar to many things in life, too little or too much of any given thing can cause outcomes we didn’t intend. For example, if you have too little time for yourself, you may start to feel unappreciated, tired, overwhelmed and frustrated. Likewise, too much time to yourself can start to build feelings of loneliness, self-doubt and sadness.

Employee Engagement 40

Employee Engagement Survey Coaching Data 40

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 7, 2018

When designing and setting up an employee engagement survey, the overriding consideration is to ensure the utilization of good science. But it’s not just about good science. Even more, it’s about the right science. To get the science right, you must include the right items. Use our six powerful practices to ensure your employee engagement survey is designed with the right science and includes the right issues measured by the right items so that your organization can see the powerful outcomes of

Employee Engagement 40

Employee Engagement How To Survey Compliance Training 40

Workforce Science Associates

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Creating an effective 360 degree feedback survey means understanding the difference between 360 degree feedback surveys and employee engagement surveys. They both serve different purposes and should be used according to what your business wants to accomplish. Know the Difference. Use the right question items on the survey. The single biggest mistake made by most companies when designing their 360 degree feedback process is using items that are inappropriate for this type of survey.

Survey 40

Survey Employee Engagement Competencies Groups 40