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Engaging the Workforce

Engaging the Workforce

The Power of Ideas

“Most organizations fail to unlock the ingenuity and creativity of the workforce”

What Success Looks Like

Toyota has 67,000 employees Toyota receives 700,000 ideas a

year Over 99% are implemented Most idea submissions have

already been implemented

Program Goals

Improvements Problem solving Participation Relationships Satisfaction

Small Ideas vs. Home Runs

Slow and steady wins the race!!

Recognition should be for:

•Participation

•Innovation

•And most importantly implementation

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Points accumulated are tracked here

Cost Reduction

Customer Service

Northland’s Mission and Vision

Process Improvement

Workplace Environment

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Ideas are tracked by impact on these

The idea’s point value

Decision time

Helpful Returns

1. The purpose of a returned idea is learning.2. The outcome of a return should be a better

idea.3. Discussion can happen before during and

after a return.4. Ideas that violate the standards of the

organization for example; attacks on people, are always returned, with 1, 2 and 3 still true.

The Value of Success A survey taken by the Employee

Involvement Association last year itemized these benefits reported by their member companies: Employee Engagement Safety and Quality improvements Cost Savings

The 2006 benefit ratio was almost 15 to 1

The Point of Points

Points are awarded for each accepted idea, up to 1000 each.

Points accumulate in you account, like a bank deposit.

Points are used for individual recognition of idea contributions.

Extra points can be awarded for an exceptionally well thought out idea.

Detailed reporting is available to the administrator

Monthly System Costs Basic Rate Rate Per User Storage Costs

For example, an organization with 100 employees would have the following charges:

Monthly Base Rate = $75.00 Monthly per user = 1.65

Monthly Storage Included, no charge = 1 GB

Workgroup Monthly Rate Per UserStorage

freeExtra Storage

per MBCost per

usermin max

0 - 50 $60.00 $1.85 500MB $0.02 $61.85 $152.50 $3.0551 -100 $75.00 $1.65 1 GB $0.02 $159.15 $240.00 $2.40101 -200 $100.00 $1.40 3 GB $0.02 $241.40 $380.00 $1.90201 -500 $125.00 $1.30 5 GB $0.02 $386.30 $775.00 $1.55

501+ call

Monthly Cost Range

Implementation Steps

Orientation for leadership Select and train an administrator Train supervisory employees Train non supervisory employees Monitor and adjust