Claire Hastwell

2 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Too often, remote employees are forgotten in the onboarding experience — killing their engagement before they’ve begun. But with the right welcome, new hires can thrive no matter where they’re located. Your first day at a new job is a lot like your first day of school. You’re excited, nervous, and hoping you’ll click with a new friend. But when half your team is working from their kitchen table and the other half is in conference rooms across three time zones, a warm welcome gets a lot trickier.

3 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Leadership & Management, Managers Knowing how to lead and manage your people through upheaval is vital to the success of an organization. It’s also one of the biggest challenges facing leaders in a rapidly evolving workplace. Over the past five years, leaders have had to steer their people through many challenges — from COVID to hybrid work to the introduction of generative AI. If teams don’t learn how to do things differently, morale and the business could suffer.

4 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Employee Surveys You can’t respond to employee needs if you don’t know what they are. A powerful way to elicit feedback is a pulse survey. Building a strong culture means listening to your people. Listening is also one of the nine high-trust behaviors that define business success. Pulse surveys are a powerful tool for listening to your people and gathering real-time employee feedback.

1 month ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Employee Listening, Employee Surveys, Pre-survey Don’t hit pause on listening: Why skipping employee surveys can get in the way of progress. Imagine you’ve launched a new product. It’s popular at first — flying off the shelves or racking up downloads. But a few months in, sales slow. Engagement drops. No one’s complaining. No bad reviews. Just — less. If you’re not checking in with customers, it’s hard to know why. Maybe expectations shifted.

2 months ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Employee Experience,  Employee Recognition,  Employee Surveys Building a great workplace for all isn’t a solo endeavor. By creating space for employees to voice their thoughts and put forward ideas, you foster a culture of open communication that drives engagement, innovation, and trust. What makes an organization a great workplace for all? Through our research, we know it’s one defined, in short, by a shared sense of trust, pride, and camaraderie among employees.