Internal communication is the lifeblood of your business. It doesn’t matter how well you set up processes and procedures, if your employees do not feel secure enough to communicate to fellow colleagues and management, work will not be efficient. Problems will not be addressed properly, innovation will be stagnant, and your customers will not be served well.
Companies have been managing different aspects of their business needs with specialized software for a long time. Running a corporate volunteering program should be no different. Customized volunteering automation software can be a blessing for time-constrained HR professionals and management as it enables the effective coordination and motivation of staff and it makes engagement data readily available.
Employee onboarding is one of the most important factors helping new recruits get adjusted to the way of working in an organization. It is also one of the first things an organization can do to ensure improvement in high employee turnover.
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Are you organizing a corporate volunteering program? Selecting someone to lead the program is likely on your To-Do list! This is a terrific opportunity for someone in your organization to develop crucial skills that will help them further their career. Consider selecting a promising executive as your leader as it will give them a safe place to develop managerial skills.
Your first step in the process of choosing a leader should be to draft a position description to spell out the expectations. Include specific duties, time expected, and qualifications required just as you would for salaried positions in your company. Do not select someone as a leader of your program that does not meet the requirements you spell out.
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What IS employee engagement? It's a common problem that companies have with employees who are not engaged and not challenged adequately with their tasks is having difficulties in retaining them long term. On a smaller scale, issues like lack of enthusiasm usually lead to less productivity and a decrease in the quality of their work.
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Volunteering Performance is important because by now, it is widely known that volunteering can substantially increase a brand’s reputation, social awareness, and above all, employee engagement. In fact, 94% of employees agree volunteering improves their mood and gives them a sense of purpose, while the businesses that established volunteer programs improved their image and increased profitability.
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Setting volunteer participation goals is getting more and more important as volunteering is getting bigger; the age of millennials popularized it again, so doing a good deed and investing your time and effort in order to contribute to a cause is considered trendy now. However, volunteering organizations don’t always function properly – most of them are not used to having a significant workforce at their disposal, so most of the work they are able to organize doesn’t go further than the superficial level.
Starting a skills-based volunteering program is a choice that many businesses decide to make. It can only bring benefits. It becomes a cornerstone for further growth in the future, as both customers and employees start forming deeper connections with the company participating in the volunteering process.
Do you know, or at least suppose, to what extent corporate citizenship affects your employees? According to scientifically supported facts, organizations that offer some corporate citizenship program, such as volunteering, experience a visible increase in employee engagement over those refusing to apply this approach. Leadership based volunteering is another very important benefit.
