In recent years, the issue of ill-being in companies has become central and has only increased with the health crisis. Burnout, lack of recognition, loss of meaning and tension between teams are recurring problems that plague companies.
Since 2015, organisations have launched mass engagement survey campaigns (or Mood Surveys) to assess the malaise of their employees. But while Mood Surveys are good measurement tools, allowing the expectations of employees to be clarified, they are not action tools. The initiatives taken at the time were not up to the level of employees' expectations. For me and my two future partners, Léo-Paul Goffic and Thibault Vilon, it was time to take action!
Our desire to change management practices did not come from nowhere! Our time in large American companies has shown us that anything is possible, such as surpassing one's goals while being fulfilled at work. American leaders have succeeded in putting in place a healthy and impactful management style that allows them to lift mountains. So why not do the same in France?
Moreover, dusting off management in France has become more than vital as major changes are taking place in organisations: teleworking has become a given and employees now expect a quality employee experience. If companies are not aware of their employees' expectations, they risk seeing their talents disengage or, worse, leave the ship to join the land of freelancing or retrain.
But beyond the speeches, it was necessary to propose concrete solutions. In talking to HR managers, we quickly realised that the first point of tension was the annual interview! In France, this interview crystallises many problems, in particular the impossibility of having a calm discussion with one's manager.
In creating Elevo, we felt it was essential to solve this first problem and to go beyond it by encouraging feedback and development in organisations.
Without a culture of dialogue and development, a company quickly runs out of steam. How can employees achieve or even surpass their objectives without talking to their managers more than once a year? How can they progress without training and support?
We have designed Elevo to be more than just an HR solution. Elevo is a support that allows leaders to democratise a culture of dialogue and put people back at the heart of their organisation.
In order to better support companies and help employees find their place in organisations, we decided to turn to training management, one of the key elements of a good employee experience.
Training is one of the pillars of a quality employee experience because it promotes employee development and long-term performance.
For us, the development of a training management module is the next logical step in the Elevo adventure: helping everyone develop in a healthy work environment and offering the best possible employee experience. This last point is crucial because organisational models are changing. With employees working from home, sometimes in the four corners of the world, the employee experience, and more broadly, management practices, must be rethought.
If more and more companies trust us, it is because our mission is not only to digitalise HR processes but also to make the world of work - even the virtual world - more human.
CEO and founder of Elevo