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Uncover the Employee Value Proposition to Attract, Engage, and Retain Talent

An EVP that is not accurate, aligned, aspirational, and differentiated can cause more harm than good.

  • Having an informal or poor Employee Value Proposition (EVP) leads to misalignment, increased turnover, decreased engagement, and difficulty attracting the desired talent pool.
  • HR teams may feel pressure to develop the EVP in isolation; however, without stakeholder input, the resulting EVP will fail to resonate with employees and target candidates.
  • By neglecting to ensure that HR programs and policies are aligned with the formalized EVP, organizations often fail to reap the full benefits of an EVP.

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Critical Insight

  • Whether or not you believe you have an EVP, one exists. An informal or inconsistent EVP can lead to difficulty attracting the right talent, higher levels of turnover, disengagement, and wasted investment.
  • A strong EVP must be aligned with what your employees value, be accurate, aspirational, and differentiated from competitors.

Impact and Result

  • Uncover and adopt a formalized EVP to attract, engage, and retain talent.

Uncover the Employee Value Proposition to Attract, Engage, and Retain Talent Research & Tools

1. Understand the benefits of a formalized EVP and the risks of not having one in place

Make the case for the EVP project.

3. Road test the EVP with internal stakeholders and the external target market

Refine the EVP.

4. Develop remediation plans for any gaps between the EVP and HR programs and policies, and communicate the EVP internally and externally

Ensure the EVP is adopted by the organization and that it reaches the external target labor market.

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About McLean & Company

McLean & Company is an HR research and advisory firm providing practical solutions to human resources challenges via executable research, tools, diagnostics, and advisory services that have a clear and measurable impact on your business.

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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your HR problems.

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Get the help you need in this 1-phase advisory process. You'll receive 3 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

  • Call 1: Uncover your organization’s EVP

    Review the process and any pitfalls in creating your organization’s EVP. Discuss the formatting of the EVP, and identify ways to improve your current draft.

  • Call 2: Road test and revise your EVP

    Discuss the results of the internal road test. Review the scores for the 3A 1D criteria and establish next steps. Discuss the results of the external road test. Review the scores for the 3C 1D criteria and identify and create a plan to improve scores.

  • Call 3: Adopt the EVP in your organization

    Evaluate the alignment of your organization’s programs and policies and how they currently support or detract from your organization’s EVP. Discuss the remediation plan and means to increase alignment.

Contributors

  • Melissa Armistead, President, ASH Talent Solutions
  • Rodney Jordan, Director of Employee Communications at Coca-Cola Enterprises
  • Diane Haugen, VP of Human Resources
  • Bianca New, Human Resources Consultant at Olympus Australia/New Zealand
  • Susan Owen, VP Human Resources at Dyno Nobel APAC
  • Sandra Reder, President, Vertical Bridge Corporate Consulting
  • Roshan Rawal, HR Manager at Indusa
  • Marion Schuddinh, Senior HR Executive
  • M. H. “Chip” Smith, SPHR, HR Director at Scientific Drilling International

Search Code: 73773
Last Revised: November 19, 2013