Like many change programs, corporate transformations and the communication about them often fail to meet expectations. That’s not surprising: they require employees to change their mind-sets and behaviors, and an organization to make cultural changes and rewire itself across functions.
Many leaders focus on long-term changes or holistic service redesigns and don’t expect any financial impact from them for two to three years.
Employees may become frustrated during this period and disengage. Using the right mechanisms, you can create the motivation context for a dedicated engagement and source more support for the duration of the process.
Co-presented with Kenny Van Beeck | CRM & Data Strategist @ Emakina
Employee Buy-in And Engagement Rewards For Digital Transformation
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Kenny Van Beeck & Miel Van Opstal
Emakina Belgium
Corporate innovation through digital transformation
Employee buy-in & engagement rewards
June 2 , 2017
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Highlight the opportunities employees
will enjoy as change ambassadors,
not only in terms of improving the
company’s trajectory
but
also by enriching their career history
and building their own personal brands
and reputations.
03 VALIDATE
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Communication amplification
requirements for employees
Make key messaging accessible and shareable.
Clearly define the required skill sets of the employees.
Provide ample coaching & training.
Clearly define the expectations of the employees.
03 VALIDATE
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Essential elements to drive
innovation awareness & - intelligence
When a company uses volunteers rather than conscripts.
When it offers training on how to think about innovation.
When executives strike an authentic tone.
When energy- and community-building offline events
(such as workshops or weekly cafeteria sessions)
supplement the online discussions.
03 VALIDATE
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Influencing employee behaviour through engaging experiences,
using game design principles
in decision-making applications and services.
Effective Gamification
04 ENGAGE
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Rewarding proxy behaviors will only
encourage those proxy behaviors.
The learner with the highest score
is not likely to be the user
that has learned the most.
QUALITY
QUANTITY
over
04 ENGAGE
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HOW OUR
PHILOSOPHY FITS
IN THAT WORLD
A GLIMPSE
BEHIND
THE SCENES
CASE
STUDIES
HOW EMAKINA
WALKS
THE TALK
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T H E D I G I T A L E R A H A S C H A N G E D O U R
L I V E S F U N D A M E N T A L L Y
P A R T 1 T H E W O R L D A S W E K N O W I T
I N A L W A Y S - O N
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C R E A T E A U N I Q U E
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WHAT MATTERS
FOR A CUSTOMER?
WHAT DOES A CUSTOMER DO
WITH THAT EXPERIENCE?
WHAT DOES A BRAND
NEED TO DELIVER?
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W E C R E A T E
SHAREABLE,
HIGH QUALITY USER
EXPERIENCES
AN ESSENTIAL,
SUSTAINABLE AND
PROFITABLE COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
THE ECOSYSTEM
AND WHAT’S IN IT
FOR A BRAND?
IS THERE A MAGIC INGREDIENT
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
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YOU ARE UNIQUE. SO ARE YOUR
CUSTOMERS:
DESIGN AND CREATE FOR UNIQUE
HUMAN BEHAVIOR
FORGET PASSE-PARTOUT SOLUTIONS
FORGET PERSONAS AND MASS TARGET GROUPS
FORGET A 360° CHANNEL APPROACH
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WE CAN CREATE A
L E T T H E M A G I C
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FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS
W I T H
SMART DATA,
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS,
THE RIGHT CHANNELS,
AND THE
RIGHT TOOLS
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B E S T I N C L A S S C O M P A N Y
W I N N I N G C U S T O M E R E X P E R I E N C E
W E W ORK ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS AND
BUSINESS GOALS
W E OFFER STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
W E WANT YOU TO EXCEL
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INSIGHTS & ADVISORY SERVICES
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social trends - Ethnology - Pre and post-testing - …
W EB BUILDING
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Information architecture - Responsive web design - Content production - Website
development - Intranet & extranet - CMS implementation - IT
integration - Search Engine Optimization & traffic analysis - …
DIGITAL MARKETING
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platforms - PIM / ERP software integration - Integration with logistics and
transport platforms - Activation and demand generation campaigns - Conversion
optimisation - Performance measurement – Hosting - …
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(Augmented reality - Virtual reality - Cardboard - 360° videos - Interactive
installations - Web apps - …
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planning - Differentiation - Business ideas – Ecosystems - Consumer insights -
Strategic tools – Innovation - Brand identity & positioning - Social media strategy -
Engagement platforms - …
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Media strategy - Buying support - Media planning - Return on investment by
optimisation - Online publicity - Banner ads - Viral and buzz marketing –
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P A R T 5 C A S E S T U D I E S
Successful transformation and transition to
the new brand
Plug & Play template in 6 language
versions
Dynamic content for 170 destinations
Reduced workload
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P A R T 5 C A S E S T U D I E S
A long journey with light refreshments
Progressively start segmenting
A seamless experience
Facilitating the CRM-teams
A continuous process
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P A R T 5 C A S E S T U D I E S
The 4 SUNWEB-Challenges
The Customer Journey
Implicit and explicit data
Marketing Automation
The clear uplift of quality and performance
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Notas del editor
Key drivers and at the same time the accellerators are social media, mobile and digital technology. Everything evolves at an exponentially growing pace.
Kenny: Data-driven insights are changing the ways of doing business at companies. Many companies are stressed that they need "an experimentation mentality."
Kenny: We need quantifiable data to scientifically back up your assumptions
Map and identify your employees’ skills, identify the possible ambassadors and chain influencers (change agents), lead by example and plan your communication
Customer Experience: Refactor towards a customer experience that occurs primarily in the digital world.
Exmployee Experience: Companies that effectively manage digital technology can expect to gain in one or more of three areas :
improved customer experience and engagement,
efficiency in operations
and new lines of business.
Without employee buy-in, the transformation is doomed to fail. Employees are the most important stakeholder in the effective execution of the digital transformation
Change ambassadors, chain leaders or transformation communication amplifiers. Without them, it will be very difficult to maintain employee engagement throughout the entire process. They can be sourced internally and depending on their measured impact, their actions should affect the speed of their career growth path and assigned responsibilities.
Kenny: There are four types of employees and their degree of engagement and potential as a change ambassador depends on the context and environment of their daily job. Supermatrixed employees are more engaged because they have a better and more global understanding of what is happening, compared to nonmatrixed employees that live within the silo of a business unit or department.
Kenny: INSPIRE (PURPOSE) – EQUIP + EMPOWER (PLATFORM) – FEED (PULSE)
Start by helping employees understand the broader vision and mission of the organization as well as how their individual roles are integral to the whole.
Take regular short pulse surveys to assess the mood and the mindset of staff.
EXTRA BACKGROUND
To increase your response rate, keep the surveys brief and ask your questions in a conversational tone: Are you happy with your job? What is your favorite part of your job? What one thing would you like to improve? Depending on the responses, it may be necessary to put a brand ambassador program on hold to address concerns, improve morale and strengthen culture. Or, it may be fine to forge ahead and work with a core group of highly engaged employees to get the ball rolling.
Give employees the tools and resources they need to be successful. Develop a written and accessible guide that outlines the do’s and don’ts of representing a brand online. Ensure that the parameters are clear so that employees understand expectations. In addition, arm employees with talking points and a quick “elevator” pitch – a short speech that gets to the heart of what a brand does and represents. Work with them to develop the right words: words with which they identify and that come naturally.
Provide employees with opportunities to voice their opinions in a constructive manner. Regular surveys, intranet blog posts with comments, town hall meetings and office hours are just a few ways to get two-way communication flowing. Pay attention to what employees are saying and make appropriate changes to validate their concerns. In the social media sphere, keep tabs on conversations but maintain some distance so that employees feel free to express their thoughts.
Give employees something to talk about. Send updates every week or two to call out creative and fun campaigns, significant milestones, awards and wins, community involvement, and other notable news and developments. Regular, positive updates can help build enthusiasm and pride among staff. With updates, insert shareable links, hashtags and even memes that make it quick and easy not only to post on social media but also to stay on message.
When employees are inspired and enthusiastic about their jobs and their companies, being a brand ambassador will come more naturally.
Nonetheless, it’s important to acknowledge the impact of these individuals and their efforts, easy or not.
Be sure to recognize positive examples and relay the impacts on the larger organization.
Kenny: Better results follow when a problem is presented in stages (to avoid overwhelming the participants)Saucisseren / turn large stories into a series of snackable and bite-size chapters, facilitating a smooth information intake and enabling better comprehension of the expectations and desired actions.
The clarity of expectations is a foundation for building an engaged workforce. Clear and accountable roles are amongst the key drivers.
Ensure that the message resonates with the employees and that they feel comfortable sharing the message to their network.
Writing engaging and convincing copy is not a talent everybody has, the same goes for ‘community interaction’ and ‘conversation management’.
Make sure all ‘volunteer ambassadors’ have the same ‘basic skills’ and then provide training sessions to help them grow, improve & upgrade.
Kenny: Mention Emakina Sparks sessions for introducing innovation + trends and sharing insights and learnings
Kenny: Benefits of adding a gamification factor to an implementation of a digital transformation scenario in which employees have been invited to actively contribute to the phased the roll-out.
Gamification is the process of taking something that already exists – a website, an enterprise application, an online community – and integrating game mechanics into it to motivate participation, engagement, and loyalty.
Effective gamification is influencing human behaviour through engaging experiences, using game design principles in decision-making applications and services.
Kenny: make sure that the requested interaction is meaningful and that the required engagement contributes to a learning process. Cumulation of ‘points’ or ‘tokens’ based on likes or clicks in exchange for extrinsic rewards rarely leads to dedicated engagement or process understanding.
Most organizations often use extrinsic incentives to motivate their employees which, at times fail to intrinsically motivate them to work.
Such external rewards are good if they are aligned with internal psychological need of the user.
On practical ground, it is much more effective to practice intrinsic motivators like social competition and continuous feedback highlighting achievements and mastery levels.
Kenny: key elements and building blocks of a reputation. (=intrinsic motivation values)
Kenny: Give employees the motivation to do something(the chance to win, receive rewards or gain recognition)
Give employees the ability to carry out a task – by facilitating it, or breaking each task into bite-size chunks, increasing the perceived capability for the employee
Give employees a trigger or cue to complete the action
When the product is broken or the trust is gone, adding a fun factor will not help you succeed in your mission. Motivation to participate will decrease and engagement will fade.
It’s not because there is a lot of activity on the internal or external communication channels that the transformation or change implentation has been successful. Make sure you set the right KPIs to measure qualitative impact and constructive interaction.