Make your Employee Value Proposition More Human?

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Make your Employee Value Proposition More Human?

According to recent Gartner HR research, in order to attract and retain talent and increase employee satisfaction and organizational commitment, organizations should rethink their "Employee Value Proposition" (EVP) and deliver a more "human deal". Today, HR leaders have to include more than just a good salary and even great benefits and perks in their EVP-mix. Companies must now offer a more human deal that centers on the "whole person".
Why? Employees increasingly expect a life experience – not just an employee experience – that match their needs.
Such new "human deal" and life experience encompasses 5 attributes:

1. DEEPER CONNECTIONS between work and private life.
2. RADICAL FLEXIBILITY: Employees should have extensive control over their own work and schedule.
3. PERSONAL GROWTH: Career coaching, community service, extensive learning opportunities.
4. HOLISTIC WELL-BEING: From financial and family well-being to mental health.
5. SHARED PURPOSE: Between the employee and their organization

❗Note that to actually make this happen, managers are playing a crucial role.
The result? According to the research firm, employee satisfaction may increase by up to 15%.

⇨ What do you think? Should companies and managers show more interest and get more involved in the private life of their employees, or should managers maintain a distance to the private life of their staff, and respect their privacy?

Read more: "Reinventing the Employee Value Proposition: The Human Deal" (2021), Gartner.

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		3 Alan Power United Kingdom
	The Human Deal It depends. Something like this should never be forced on people but should be part of the social contract: there and available if wanted.

		2 Elizabeth Korasare CEO, Ghana
	Making EVP More Human This is ideal, and a fantastic idea. The world is changing fast and a work culture of this nature will be great. But employees are employees, and employers are employers. Many employees are looking out for their salaries and the gains they will make from the organization and many employers just want to get the most out of employees. Employees who are dedicated entirely to their jobs see it as a career path and pursue it robustly with an expectation of rising higher or having a stake in the business. But the majority of employees prefer their privacy in the face of racism, discrimination, nepotism, unfair practices that are seen in the workplace. Employers can take advantage of propositions like this as a bait to lure new hands, yet will not stick to them. Moreover, if these propositions at the workplace are not handled with care, there may be a serious breach of privacy/confidence.

		1 Kabesha PhD MBA HEALTHCARE Management Zambia
	Human Capital Amid Covid 19 In this Covid19 era human capital (staff) have become vulnerable to mental and social factors that are having a direct impact to the way we work. In order to help and motivate them, there is the need to find out how each employee is fairing both at work and in their personal life. Having insight in both topics is good to pursue, but of course should not make them uncomfortable. When they know that we care for them in all avenues of their life, both their wellbeing at home and work productivity increases. Mental health for both employer and employee is cardinal for maximum productivity. For the employer (managers) to assist or counsel the employee they also need to have a steady health mental state. Human centered managers are key in the Covid-19 environment we are living in.

		0 karthik Manager, United Arab Emirates
	How to Treat the Human: Pay on Time The company should treat the employees in a fair way likening they were familly and pay their salary in time. That by itself will give more productive gains than anything else said above. Note companies should hire people for the purpose of filling the position rather than if they are qualified for it. All the mentioned further encouragement is needed because nowadays the quality of talent is less than in earlier days. This lack of talent is a serious issue going on over the whole world. So please ensure to pay in time; the rest will follow to the required level.

		1 Ellen Nyarko Entrepreneur, Ghana
	Employees Private Life Showing interest in employees private life is good because it will help them feel valuable.

		2 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Crucial Role of Manager Thank you for sharing your ideas about this type of HR strategy. We are in agreement that employers (HR departments) should include more facilities in their employment benefits package that help employees in their private lives. Especially where private life and work meet. It fits the current times, many employees need and want it, and it is also in the company's interest that personal problems are addressed and resolved. However, to make employees actually feel comfortable enough to let the company enter their private life, I think the MANAGER is crucial. The manager has to be able to establish the required trust by listening with empathy and showing genuine care for the employee. They should act like a coach does, and let employees make their own choices and decisions. This includes whether an employee wants such interference at all as @Alan Power rightfully said, a matter of respecting privacy. In addition, it also includes knowing when to refer the employee to specialized professional care providers. And, very importantly, the manager is also the right person to address any organizational causes behind "private issues". See for example: Top-5 Reasons for Burnouts are All Management-related. An organizational problem could be that not all managers have this kind of soft skills to a sufficient extent.

		0 Alkhaly Mohamed Tahey Conde Lecturer, Guinea
	Pivate Life Protection Managers and leaders should maintain a distance to the private life of their staff, and fully respect their privacy. Every person belongs to several social groups and networks. So far, citizens in an open society must not be entirely or only limited to their workplace, like a person in jail. The organization can and must help every worker to face and tackle social and economic risks.

		1 Gustavo Paez HR Consultant, Spain
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		1 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
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