{"id":5069,"date":"2020-09-24T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T18:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/?page_id=5069"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:28:00","slug":"enhancing-the-employee-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/developing-staff-teams\/enhancing-the-employee-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing the employee experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Engagement is not something you can do to people. It\u2019s a context that you create in which people are inspired to bring their best and full selves to work.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Susan David, HBR Guide to Motivating People<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Managers play a crucial role in the employee experience, and they can directly influence two key factors related to retention and engagement. Research shows that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An employee\u2019s relationship with their manager greatly impacts whether the employee chooses to stay or go.<\/li>\n<li>Whether the employee feels that they belong and they\u2019re with \u201ctheir\u201d people affects their level of engagement at work as well as their longevity in an organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>POD has developed two tools to help you engage, support and retain your employees and foster a welcoming, inclusive and equitable work environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/developing-staff-teams\/enhancing-the-employee-experience\/#Employee_Experience_Toolkit\" >Employee Experience Toolkit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/developing-staff-teams\/enhancing-the-employee-experience\/#Employee_Experience_Accelerator\" >Employee Experience Accelerator<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Employee_Experience_Toolkit\"><\/span><strong>Employee Experience Toolkit<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>When employees feel like they are heard, when they know they can bring their full and true self to work, when they believe that they belong, and when they feel encouraged to stay and grow, most of the time they will do just that.<\/p>\n<p>This free, downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/uwnetid.sharepoint.com\/sites\/uwhr_web_document_library\/Shared Documents\/employee-experience-toolkit-123025.pdf\">Employee Experience Toolkit (PDF)<\/a> provides practical steps, straightforward pointers, and conversation guides to help managers build rapport, deepen relationships with each member of their team, and better understand their employees\u2019 unique perspectives and day-to-day experience at work.<\/p>\n<p>Administrators and other HR professionals will also benefit from this information as they engage with employees, help coach managers through challenging situations, and collaborate with organizational leadership to enhance the workplace.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Employee_Experience_Accelerator\"><\/span><strong>Employee Experience Accelerator <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>The Employee Experience Accelerator is a low-cost, self-paced companion class for managers and administrators who want to fast-track their efforts in this area. The course includes text, interactive content and videos around engagement, empathy, motivation and coaching skills.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"uw-btn btn-sm .btn-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/myhr.admin.washington.edu\/UWNetId\/PODext\/UpcomingClasses.aspx\">Register now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access tools to help you engage, support and retain your employees and foster a welcoming, inclusive and equitable work environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5105,"parent":7504,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Enhancing the employee experience - Professional &amp; Organizational Development","description":"Access tools to help you engage, support and retain your employees and foster a welcoming, inclusive and equitable work environment."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5069","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5069"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7876,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5069\/revisions\/7876"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/pod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}