Jesper Diget, Group Chief People Officer at professional services and solutions firm, emagine Consulting, believes in reinforcing company values to ensure it retains the best people.
Increasing our attractiveness as an employer alongside taking our ESG efforts to the next level has been emagine’s goal over recent years. We have made it our mission to prioritise our ESG initiatives firm-wide to become an employer of choice and, by doing this, retention within the business has significantly improved. This will continue to be a focus for 2024. Being perceived as a company that continues to stay ahead of the curve with initiatives that directly impact employees and contribute to their wellbeing will ensure we retain a talented workforce.
People first
People buy from people, and people want to work for people. Therefore, your employees should always come first. And making a difference to people’s lives should no longer be an afterthought, but an organisational imperative.
Maternity and paternity leave, bereavement leave, mental health policies, and even dress codes, need to be in line with modern day standards. Not only do these changes attract the best people, but they make sure they are retained too. ESG-focussed initiatives, such as a promise to utilise green energy across all emagine’s offices, has been appreciated amongst our employees and, in 2023, we introduced a sustainable procurement and travel policy of using only electric vehicles.
Culture is crucial
ESG has assumed a much more prominent position in emagine’s everyday operations and business initiatives, and in our overall strategy and policies. The structure of our company is based on Nordic leadership, with a flat hierarchical model and a significant emphasis on empowering each individual employee. This is something we have striven for in the past, and continue to do every day, by applying measures that support this vision.
Maintaining an exceptional workplace is essential. High levels of employee involvement are linked to motivation, empowerment, and ultimately better results. Respecting employees and providing them with a safe, secure, and healthy working environment is a key priority for us. Like I said, people come first, and once you master culture and environment, everything else begins to fall into place. Furthermore, when you start showing the positive results of your ESG strategy to clients and employees, trust and transparency unfolds.
Give employees what they want
We put a lot of effort into educating our employees about the importance of cybersecurity, following requests for training, and we hold regular, mandatory data-privacy courses for all our employees to ensure they are at the top of their game.
