Transcript 2008 World at Work Study on Reward

Engaging Your Changing Workforce
in New and Different Ways
Kathy Kacher
Career/Life Alliance Services, Inc.
Even the best designed
Work/Life strategies will not
achieve their desired results
unless employees and
managers understand and
buy into the programs!
Research Studies Consistently Report
That Most Organizations Do a Poor Job of
Communicating To Employees
2008: Hay Group Insight Employee Opinion Database, only 35 percent
of employees understand how their organizations’ reward/benefit
programs work.
2008: Met Life Open Enrollment survey, 51% of employees stated that
they didn't get the resources they needed to understand their
organization's benefits offering.
2008: World at Work Study on Reward Communication, 7 percent of
respondents judged their communications of reward strategy and
philosophy to be “very effective,” and only an additional 26 percent
judged their communications to be “effective.”
2008 World at Work Study on Reward Communications
Time to Break Out……..
“Managed” Communication Must Have
Three Primary Objectives:
1.To Ensure Understanding
2.To Change Perceptions (Get Buy-In)
3.To Motivate Behavior
This is where the fun starts…
This is where the fun starts…
This is where the fun starts…
This is where the fun starts…
This is where the fun starts…
Jill: Did you
see the
retirement
planner?
Jack: Yes, I
tried it and I
have decided
to increase
my 401K
contributions
No matter how outstanding your
Work/Life initiative is, you can be
certain that positive results will
NOT occur unless your
communication program is
successful!