Bridging the Environmental HR Knowledge Gap

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HR KNOWLEDGE GAP ECO CANADA Which engagement strategies feature the biggest difference in opinion? WHAT EMPLOYERS THINK WHAT EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES WANT.. REALLY WANT... BUSINESS MENTORSHIP TRAINING LUNCH N' COMPANY LEARNS EVENTS TRAINING PROFESSIONAL OTHERS DEVELOPMENT Mentorship Business Training Training Others Environmental employers believe mentorship is very important to engagement, ranking this activity as #1. By contrast, employees only ranked this as #7 out of a list of 10 options. Employees are enthusiastic about general management and business skill training, ranking this #4. Employers did not see this being as valuable and ranked it #8. Employers perceive opportunities to train others as relatively important, and assign this activity a rank of #5. For environmental employees, this is the least preferred engagement strategy and comes in #10 on their list. CLOSE THE GAP. Contact us at [email protected] to see how the engagement of your own staff compares to a national benchmark and which HR strategies can be tailored to best meet the unique needs of your employees. 2012 ECO Canada HR Strategies Research, Available at: eco.ca/publications