What can 200,000 employees tell us about the relationship between engagement and performance? 

It turns out quite a lot. 

On the latest episode of the Culture First Podcast, we are returning to the data to bring you the latest in employee experience research. 

In the first part of our data and research series, I sat down with Culture Amp's Lead Researcher Fresia Jackson to lay the foundations for the scope and size of the data lake that Culture Amp has. You can listen to that episode here: https://www.cultureamp.com/podcast/diving-into-data 

In part two of our data exploration, we are looking at a specific study just completed by our data and research team. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 

• How we standardized the data to get the most robust engagement and performance research set in the world. 

• The different types of performance rating systems organizations have implemented, and we find out if there is a sweet spot when it comes to how often you should measure performance. 

• What type of feedback do your high performers need? 

• The external reasons that may be causing underperformance for some of your employees and what you can do about it. 

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Learn more about Culture Amp at www.cultureamp.com 

While we all know that the world has changed significantly, what you might not know is that the state of mental health in the workplace has also been adjusting to respond to it. 

One of those changes was that in June of this year, the world's first International Standard (ISO) to address Psychological health and safety at work were published.

To better understand what is happening with mental well-being and the workplace, Damon sat down with the Co-Founder of Unmind, Dr Nick Taylor. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 

- The macro trends and policies impacting mental health in the workplace

- Why disclosure is such a complex subject when it comes to mental health 

- How to focus on your mental wellness before supporting others on your team

- Tips for anyone who's managing a team of humans in this complex environment 

Links referenced in the episode: 

ISO Standard 45003

Culture Amp & Unmind Partnership

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In this bonus episode of the Culture First Podcast, our host Damon Klotz announces the four keynote speakers for Culture First Americas. 

Join him at Culture First on Wednesday, the 26th of October, to hear from Susan Cain, Valerie Jarrett, Oliver Burkeman and David Whyte. 

Click this link to get your free ticket.

For the first time on the Culture First Podcast, we are doing a mini-series where we go behind the scenes of a company to learn how they put Culture First at all levels of the company.

The first company that we will be exploring is Wilson Sporting Goods. While many people would know Wilson for its products, you probably don’t know that they’ve been around for over 100 years, and it was only in the last few years that it launched retail stores.

In the third episode of this series, we will be speaking with the Wilson Director of Retail for North America, Erin Pelton.

In this episode, you’ll hear Erin share her experience building a career in the retail industry, why Wilson was her dream opportunity and the importance of diversity, inclusion and belonging when you launch a new initiative within an established organization. 

If you’d like to hear more from Wilson Sporting Goods, register to attend Culture First Virtual Americas, where their VP of HR, Geoff Watts, will be joined live on stage with Damon Klotz.

For the first time on the Culture First Podcast, we are doing a mini-series where we go behind the scenes of a company to learn how they put Culture First at all levels of the company. 

The first company that we will be exploring is Wilson Sporting Goods. While many people would know Wilson for its products, you probably don’t know that they’ve been around for over 100 years, and it was only in the last few years that it launched retail stores. 

In the second episode of this series, we will be speaking with the Wilson VP of HR, Geoff Watts.

In this episode, you’ll hear how Geoff thinks about company culture, measuring employee experience and what he’s excited about as the company moves into retail. 

If you’d like to hear more from Geoff, register to attend Culture First Virtual Americas, where Geoff will be joined live on stage with Damon Klotz.

For the first time on the Culture First Podcast, we are doing a mini-series where we go behind the scenes of a company to learn how they put Culture First at all levels of the company. 

The first company that we will be exploring is Wilson Sporting Goods. While many people would know Wilson for their products, you probably don’t know that they’ve been around for over 100 years, and it was only in the last few years that they launched retail stores. 

In the first episode of this series, we will be speaking with the Wilson CEO and Chairman Joe Dudy. 

In this episode, you’ll hear how Joe worked his way up from an entry-level role in the company to eventually becoming CEO. Joe will talk about how he thinks about company culture, measuring employee experience and what he’s excited about as the company moves into the retail space. 

You’ll also have to listen to the end as Joe answers the question about the impact Wilson the volleyball from the movie Castaway had on the company culture and the bottom line.

To hear more from the team at Wilson Sporting Goods, make sure that you register to join us at Culture First. Geoff Watts will join me live in conversation to discuss how Wilson put Culture First. Make sure you click the link above to get your free ticket.

Have you ever wondered what happens to your survey data after you submit your response? In this episode, we will dive deep into the world of employee experience data and how Culture Amp turns data into insights.

Join us as we explore what happens when one individual responds to a company engagement survey. First, we’ll share how the company uses it. Then we’ll share how this one response goes on a journey to land in the largest employee data lake where Culture Amp can use that response to answer questions like “what impact does engagement have on retaining customers?” and “what is the best performance rating scale?”

This episode will be the first in a series as we explore the 34 million data points that make up Culture Amp's data lake. Before we explore the depths of Culture Amp's research, this episode will provide all listeners with the foundations of people analytics and data collection.

My guest on this episode is Fresia Jackson. Fresia is a People Scientist and Lead Researcher at Culture Amp. Here are just a couple of things that keep Fresia busy every day. 

• Overseeing Culture Amp's research projects connecting Culture Amp’s data to business outcomes. 
• Determining the most impactful hypotheses by keeping her ear to the ground of what’s going on in the world and how our data can provide insight into creating a better world of work
• Disseminating research results by crafting findings into a story, evangelizing that story internally, so they're put into practice and sharing the story externally to share our science with the world. 

If you've enjoyed this episode, please make sure you subscribe and leave a review.

To hear from more Culture First Leaders, register to join us at Culture First. Culture First is a series of free virtual experiences exploring how culture, science, and innovation can guide organizations, leaders, and teams through the challenges and the opportunities of reworking work for everyone. Get your free ticket here.

In this episode of the Culture First Podcast Damon sits down with Professor Jane Burns and Adam Smiley Poswolsky to discuss how to talk about mental health in the workplace.

Professor Burns is a Board Member of the NDIA, Committee Chair at Open Arms Veterans & Families Counseling and formerly involved in Streat and Beyond Blue. 

Adam is a keynote speaker on workplace belonging and the future of work as well as the author of Friendship in the Age of Loneliness. He also writes for Harvard Business Review and his TED talks have amassed over 2 million views.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The foundational level of knowledge everyone needs to understand a topic as complex as mental health
• What the research is showing us when it comes to the global loneliness epidemic
• What role does the organization and company culture play in positively and negatively impacting mental health
• How a manager can play a critical role in supporting the mental health of their team
• The questions you can ask your team members to better support them to talk about mental health

This is an incredibly important episode and one that we hope gives you a better understanding as well as practical actions to take to create mentally healthy workplaces.

This is an incredibly important episode and one that we hope gives you a better understanding as well as practical actions to take to create mentally healthy workplaces. If you or someone you know needs help, please use the following resources as a guide. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call the emergency services in your local area.

Mental health resources: 

‍This page contains a wide range of mental health services around the world.

https://www.wearespur.com/org/mentalhealthhub 

Culture First Global 2022

To hear more stories from Culture First Leaders make sure that you register to join us at Culture First Global. Culture First is a series of free virtual experiences exploring how culture, science, and innovation can guide organizations, leaders, and teams through the challenges and towards the opportunities of reworking work for everyone. Get your free ticket here. 

In this episode, Damon sits down with Priya Parker, master facilitator, and author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters.

Priya provides listeners with a masterclass in the art of gathering. Here are some of the questions you might have about your work meetings: 

• Have you wondered if your meetings were serving the right purpose? 
• Have you questioned whether the right people are in the room? 
• Do you worry that the way you gather at work is impacting someone’s ability to feel like they belong?

Don’t worry, these questions are being asked at every level of organizations around the world right now. Priya will lay the foundation for how to gather, why to gather and what we can do to make our gatherings more meaningful. 

Damon and Priya also analyze some famous examples of workplace culture in the form of Ted Lasso and Succession to learn what they can teach us about gathering.

By the end of this episode, you’ll also learn the difference between a conversation and a gathering and why you need to find the deepest need of your gatherings to truly create a meaningful experience. 

To hear from more Culture First Leaders like Priya Parker make sure that you register to join us at Culture First. Culture First is a series of free virtual experiences exploring how culture, science, and innovation can guide organizations, leaders, and teams through the challenges and towards the opportunities of reworking work for everyone. Get your free ticket here.

Welcome back to another episode of the Culture First Podcast. In this episode podcast host, Damon Klotz talks about what's to come in the future for this podcast and for announces new Culture First events for 2022 and beyond.

Culture Amp is excited to announce that Culture First – Culture Amp's annual, global virtual event series – is back! I'm inviting you to join us and the community as we explore the role of culture, science, and innovation in building better workplaces and overcoming uncertainty.

Head to the link in the episode show notes to register now to join over 30,000 international attendees for any or all of our three regional experiences:

• Culture First APAC - September 7, 2022
• Culture First Americas - October 26, 2022
• Culture First EMEA - March 2023

Explore ideas, share your experiences, dive into the data, and gain the clarity and skills you need to turn current and future uncertainty into opportunity.

By reworking work, we can build a better world of work – for everyone.

We'd also love to hear from our listeners if there's particular guests you'd like to hear from on the podcast.

You can send me an email podcast@cultureamp.com or contact me @DamonKlotz on social media.

I'd love to know if there's a company leader, author, or practitioner that you want to hear more from. One of the core principles when we design culture first each year is to ensure that for every well-known guest like Simon Sinek we also create space for emerging leaders or people who don't typically speak at events like ours. So no guest suggestion is a bad suggestion.