If you build it, will they come?
In this article, we explore five key areas HR and communications professionals should consider when creating a digital employee experience – especially if you want to build one that will delight your employees and keep them coming back for more.
Even if you build the most state-of-the-art digital employee experience (EX) with videos, employee testimonials, gamification, Wordle, and sharks with laser beams attached to their heads, your employees will still not come.
As a fellow communications professional, I know you can appreciate there is a lot of thinking that goes into communicating the value of your employee experience long before your new site goes live. The software upon which you build your experience is only one piece of the puzzle.
To ensure the new employee experience you are creating is successful, you should consider these five key areas as you build out your platform.
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Think about how you are going to manage these five areas before you implement your new employee experience platform. In the absence of including sharks with laser beams on your site, thoughtful and strategic planning of these keys areas is your only real chance for creating a truly engaging and impactful user experience.
Because sharks with lasers would be cool. Really cool. Maybe too cool for HR.