Oak Engage

On the fence about which #EmployeeEngagement platform to choose? We transform how businesses work and communicate with their staff, wherever they are. Oak empowers teams to get the right message, to the right people, at the right time. Plus, our branded and intuitive mobile app creates an engaging employee experience for deskless colleagues.   Want to take a closer look? 👀

As the year draws to a close, we’re wrapping up 2024 in numbers. Thank you to our customers for continuing to make the most of Oak, we’ve got a lot to look forward to in 2025 and we’re so excited to share it with you. But for now, we wish you all a very merry festive break! 🎄

Our survey of more than 1,000 employees highlights significant differences between Gen Z and Millennials when it comes to work habits, attitudes and expectations We wanted to share practical advice for businesses on how to bridge the generational gap, so we teamed up with workplace psychologist, Leanne Elliott for some helpful tips 💡 For the full study download your free copy of our report here 📘 https://lnkd.in/gvAm6-9X You can also read it in the Institute of Internal Communication 👇 🗞️

💡 Is it time to admit the line manager cascade isn’t enough? For as long as internal communication has existed, there has been the line manager cascade: the passing of information down the hierarchy from leaders to manager, from managers to team members. This kind of communication system has been front-and-centre in organisations with frontline workers; people like nurses, retail staff, plumbers, manufacturing workers, delivery drivers, construction workers, salespeople on the road… you get the idea. They’re not at desks looking at email all day. Reaching these people is SO important but it’s been a business challenge for years. Maybe it’s time to admit that the traditional method of line manager cascade simply isn’t enough anymore? If we want to keep our frontline workers informed, engaged and connected to the organisation’s mission and vision, we need to be more intentional about how we communicate with them. The good news is that mobile-first technology, particularly employee apps, offers us a consumer-grade approach to communicating with frontline workers – something that would have been unthinkable 20 years ago. Read more in this blog I wrote for Oak Engage here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eUgGCT9G

Take a moment in the season of giving to share appreciation for: 😇 Your workplace angels 🤶🏻 The colleague who's a real cracker 🎁 The person whose presence on projects is a real gift ... quicker than you can name all of Santa's reindeer!

👉 Your reminder to take into 2025: The line manager cascade is not enough   Joanna Parsons has joined us for a guest blog to highlight that if you’re not using mobile-first tech to reach your frontline workers, you’re falling behind.   Over 80% of the world’s workforce (more than 2 billion people) do not sit at desks looking at computers all day. But guess what, most of them own a smartphone📱   Joanna’s article provides practical advice for those looking to engage frontline workers, so when you’re preparing your to-do list for the first day back in January, you can add each of her points to it: https://lnkd.in/gcRTzEdj

Separate the Scrooges from Santa's little helpers in the ever-divisive debate with quick polls on your intranet 🎅🏼 But remember, polls aren't just for Christmas: https://loom.ly/9BEtYQs

ASK THE EXPERT: Gen Z edition PART 5 In the final part of our miniseries, we asked Anna Hislop how we can help generations to work harmoniously together, overcoming generational divides in the workplace and communication issues that come with them. This is in response to our recent research on #GenZ and #Millennials and their attitudes and expectations of the modern workplace. Rewatch all of the miniseries over on our YouTube channel if you have missed any of them. We hope it’s been insightful!

It's here! Unwrap your highlights from 2024 🎁 #InternalComms #Wrapped

It’s likely that many deskless employees will be working over the festive period. Keeping spirits high and showing gratitude for their presence and hard work over busy times can give them the boost they need to deliver their usual high standards of work ✨ Here are some tips to keeping your people engaged in the run up to the holidays, no matter when or where they're working 🎁