You took the first step and signed up for the GROW NKY Job Quality Challenge…What’s next?

You can expect your challenges to arrive in your email before 9 AM, Monday, February 28th thru Friday, March 4th.

Take notice of Zoom meet up opportunities with the GROW NKY Pillar 5 team throughout the challenge week to reflect on the activities.

Keep in mind the 5, daily emails include links to watch, listen or read your challenge options. Double check your JUNK MAIL if you do not see them in your Inbox but reach out if you have any questions or did not receive your daily challenges.

No worries if you are too busy. You can always catch up on your own time and you will be on your way to becoming a destination employer.

If you registered after the challenge began, any challenges you missed will be added below by 9 AM each day.

Job Quality Challenge Day 1

What are the basic elements of a good job? Today we will explore the elements of compensation, work environment, and supervision quality. We will start with National Fund for Workforce Solutions Job Design Framework (5 minutes):

https://nationalfund.org/job-design-framework/

Explore how “families and individuals in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to meet the minimum standards given the local cost of living” by checking out MIT’s Living Wage Calculator, a tool designed to raise wage awareness in individuals, communities, and employers (10 minutes):

Living Wage Calculator (mit.edu)

Extra Content: Understanding Today's Unprecedented Labor Market

Employers are struggling to fill their openings and candidates are scarce. This Demographic Drought article breaks down how an approaching sansdemic will transform the labor market for the rest of our lives. https://www.economicmodeling.com/demographic-drought/

Sansdemic: Too Much Work, Too Little People - YouTube

Want to learn more about Being 1st in the Business of People? Join us at Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Employer Best Practices Symposium on Wednesday, March 9th. Register here:

https://web.nkychamber.com/events/4th-Annual-Employer-Best-Practices-Symposium-Being-First-in-the-Business-of-People-3638/details

Job Quality Challenge Day 2 & Meet Up via Zoom

On Day 2 we will be taking a deep dive into Hybrid/Flexible Workplace scenarios and how to accomplish more with fewer hours. We will also learn about how support systems enhance the performance of your team members.

Please dive into the following resources to learn more:

Embracing Flexibility in the Workplace (5 minute read)

https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/why-todays-organizations-need-to-embrace-flexibility-in-the-workplace/

Listen to this Podcast featuring Joe Sanok on how to accomplish more with fewer hours (30 minute listen):

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2hvdy10by1iZS1hd2Vzb21lLWF0LXlvdXItam9i/episode/Z2lkOi8vYXJ0MTktZXBpc29kZS1sb2NhdG9yL1YwLzBrUWowMUJ4blJHTktQUE9kdFh0eUxJcjhqcEZCMHJ4U2R6OV9GeHZkY1k?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiomt2tx9T1AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg&hl=en

Michael Bush shares his thoughts about what makes employees happy at work in this TED talk (4 minutes):

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_c_bush_this_is_what_makes_employees_happy_at_work?language=en#t-235126

Morgana Bailey shares about being brave and speaking up to share your full self at work (10 minutes):

https://www.ted.com/talks/morgana_bailey_the_danger_of_hiding_who_you_are

Welcome to Day 3

It can be difficult to think about retaining your current workforce when hiring is such a challenge but imagine if you created an optimal work environment and your company became a preferred employer. Your reputation in the community and your employees would help you to attract (and retain) a great workforce. Feeling valued and supported in the workplace is very important to workers - in addition to being given the ability and opportunity to grow within a company. Today, we take a closer look at both elements of a quality job.

Redefining learning in the workplace and reexamining the career ladder. This TedTalk explores changing our perspective on progression at work as well as looking at each individual employee as a "learner" and a "teacher" in order to consider all learning opportunities as new career possibilities. (9 minutes)

https://www.ted.com/talks/sarhttps://businessrecord.com/Content/Opinion/Opinion/Article/Guest-Opinion-How-to-address-burnout-and-focus-on-the-well-being-of-employees/168/963/96713ah_ellis_and_helen_tupper_the_best_career_path_isn_t_always_a_straight_line?language=en

"How to address burnout and focus on the well-being of employees" explores how engagement can foster stronger work relationships and better well-being as well as mitigate burn-out (2 minutes).

https://businessrecord.com/Content/Opinion/Opinion/Article/Guest-Opinion-How-to-address-burnout-and-focus-on-the-well-being-of-employees/168/963/96713

Job Quality is More Important Than Ever (3 minutes)

https://nationalfund.org/job-quality-is-more-important-than-ever/

Welcome to Day 4 – Worker Voice

Today we will explore how worker voice can help your company retain workers, achieve productivity goals, and ultimately become a destination employer. Effective worker voice contributes to innovation, productivity, and organizational improvement. For employees, authentic voice results in increased job satisfaction, greater influence, inclusion, a sense of “mattering,” and better opportunities for professional development.

What We Mean By Worker Voice (5 minutes)

https://nationalfund.org/our-solutions/equip-workers-for-success/what-we-mean-by-worker-voice/

Read and reflect on 10 Essential Questions (Associated Black Charities) (30 mins)

This resource speaks to employers, policymakers, workforce development agencies, and philanthropic organizations and provides each with 10 essential questions to guide strategies for ensuring an increase in access to opportunities for disenfranchised individuals, and especially people of color. Review the document best suited for your role and reflect upon the material and questions posed. Bring your thoughts to tomorrow’s Coffee & Conversation.

https://www.abc-md.org/new-page

Welcome to Day 5 – The Result

Congratulations on completing GROW NKY’s 5 Day Job Quality Challenge. You have discovered more about what job quality is and why leaders and their organizations, like you, should care. You took a deeper dive into the job design framework and now, it's time for all of us to come together and (virtually) spend time thinking of what we can be doing to take what we learned and turn it into ACTION. Co-Chair of the GrowNKY Pillar 5 Committee, Jules Breslin of the Talent Magnet Institute, joined by Laurie Hoppenjans of Life Learning Center, will be facilitating a Coffee & Conversation discussion from 9:00-10:00AM with all who participated. Join the zoom link on Friday, 3/4 at 9:00AM EST.

Job Quality Coffee & Conversation

Time: Mar 4, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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How is a good job designed? Check out National Fund for Workforce Solutions Job Design Framework (5 minutes):

https://nationalfund.org/job-design-framework/

About GROW NKY’s Job Quality Challenge:

GROW NKY’s Job Quality Challenge was designed to inform and expand your thinking on the topic and inspire you to improve job quality in your company and community.

JOB QUALITY CHALLENGE PLEDGE

By participating in this 5-day challenge, I pledge to be accountable for my own actions and education about job quality. I will join the challenge with an open mind, be open to feedback and the points of view of others. I will do my part to interact with others as a part of the daily wrap ups. I will take the knowledge that I have learned from this challenge and apply it to my every day thinking as well as to share what I have learned with others.

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