Convincing your CEO - 4 key steps to get your Employee Purpose Program off the ground Getting stakeholders and decision makers buy-in in your new program can be a challenge, which is why we've put together some key steps to focus on when you’re trying to get a program like this up and running in your organisation.
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Start with the Why? In order to get buy-in from your team you need to explain the why behind your thought process. The first step is to work out what the problem or opportunity is, explain it, suggest a solution with a timeframe in order to address it. Highlight the broad benefits to the business and employees Make sure to highlight how an Employee Purpose program can make a positive impact in many ways. It never hurts to spell them out! You'll find some more ideas in our presentation template below, with reputable sources to back them up.
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Propose possible solutions Whether you want to try and run your program manually, or maybe you want to leverage a partner to maximise the impact and participation you can offer several options to stakeholders, with specific details about each one. It’s also important to emphasize the pros and cons of each to show your research has been done. Be sure to: Connect it to your company values Connect it to your internal initiatives Share your recommended solution
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Outline the implementation Now you have shared your preferred solution, it’s time to explain the implementation process and what next steps look like. For example: Think of focus areas (causes, type of activities, etc), eventual internal policy and key goals of program Prepare internal communication for launch and beyond Track and report the program results, and continually improve it
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Pitch it internally There are several steps to sharing your plan internally. We’ve created a template for each to help prepare you for that process - just click on the links below to the email and presentation, and adapt to your branding and program plans. Good luck!
An email to your manager/decision maker with the initial idea ACCESS TEMPLATE
A presentation template for you to adapt to your internal branding ACCESS TEMPLATE