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What is Employee Advocates strategy?

Every great achievement starts with a well-thought-out plan. It can be the launch of a new product, expanding into new markets, or just trying to increase efficiency. You'll need a delicate combination of strategies and tactics to ensure that the journey is smooth and effective.

Finding the right Employee Advocates strategy can be daunting, especially when you're busy working on your day-to-day tasks. This is why we've curated a list of examples for your inspiration.

Copy these examples into your preferred tool, or utilize Tability to ensure you remain accountable.

How to write your own Employee Advocates strategy with AI

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Employee Advocates strategy examples

We've added many examples of Employee Advocates tactics, including a series of action items. We hope that this will make these examples as practical and useful as possible.

Strategies and tactics for identifying key advocates within the organisation

  • ⛳️ Strategy 1: Engage senior leadership

    • Identify key leaders and executives who align with the vision
    • Schedule individual meetings to discuss the vision and gather feedback
    • Create a leadership committee to focus on vision sharing
    • Develop a shared list of objectives to align leadership
    • Provide leaders with impactful tools to communicate the vision
    • Organise workshops to enhance leaders' communication skills
    • Encourage leaders to include vision discussions in team meetings
    • Measure the impact of leadership advocacy via surveys
    • Adjust strategies based on leader feedback
    • Celebrate achievements in advocating for the vision

  • ⛳️ Strategy 2: Mobilise middle management

    • Identify managers who can influence their teams
    • Conduct training sessions focused on the vision
    • Empower managers with resources and information
    • Set up cross-departmental manager discussion groups
    • Facilitate regular updates and feedback sessions
    • Build a network of supportive managers
    • Incentivise managers who effectively share the vision
    • Implement a system for tracking manager engagement
    • Share success stories from managers across departments
    • Provide recognition for managers who lead by example

  • ⛳️ Strategy 3: Engage employee advocates

    • Identify potential advocates within various teams
    • Create a vision ambassador programme for select employees
    • Provide training on vision communication techniques
    • Organise team-building activities focused on the vision
    • Encourage social sharing of the organisational vision
    • Develop an internal communication platform for ideas exchange
    • Establish metrics to measure advocacy success
    • Collect regular feedback from employee advocates
    • Promote an open office culture where sharing the vision is encouraged
    • Recognise and reward active employee advocates regularly
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How to track your Employee Advocates strategies and tactics

Having a plan is one thing, sticking to it is another.

Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to keep your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.

A tool like Tability can also help you by combining AI and goal-setting to keep you on track.

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