About this episode

The episode explores the economic value of employee experience and its direct link to business performance.

What’s the value of employee experience if you can’t tie it to business performance results? In this special bonus episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, host David Green is joined Katarina Coppé and Jake Mealy, respectively Senior Partner and Chief Data Solutions Officer at Welliba.   Drawing on new research analysing over 25 million data points across the S&P 500, they unpack the direct link between employee experience and financial performance, showing why companies with stronger employee sentiment consistently outperform the market.  Join them to learn more about:   Why traditional employee listening models are breaking down and what’s replacing them  How external data can reveal competitive blind spots in attraction and retention  The surprising link between employee experience and shareholder returns  Why “fixing the floor” matters more than chasing high engagement scores  How HR can bring employee experience into board-level and investor conversations Practical steps to move from insight to action - faster  Welliba, winner of the 2024 HR Unleash Global Startup Award…

People in this episode

Host: David Green

Guests: Katarina Coppé, Jake Mealy

Topics covered

• employee experience
• business performance
• financial performance
• employee sentiment
• HR strategies
• data analysis

Keywords

• employee experience
• business performance
• financial performance
• employee sentiment
• HR strategies
• data analysis
• attraction and retention
• shareholder returns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Welliba, S&P 500, HR Unleash Global Startup Award

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