Maritz Launches Employee Engagement Index

Loyalty and employee engagement specialist Maritz Motivation Solutions has launched the Engagement Potential Index (EPI), to enable executives and HR practitioners to measure their company's current culture and engagement potential against industry benchmarks.

EPI offers a free online assessment, which analyses the responses on engagement and culture factors against other organizations; and then produces a custom report. This includes an EPI score, demonstrating the extent to which a company is likely to realize returns on its employee engagement investments.

The new service taps the Maritz CultureNext Global Employment Engagement model, developed in partnership with the Employee Engagement Awards. It incorporates crowdsourced input from HR practitioners around the world, and academic input from global experts in engagement. EPI has identified seven engagement 'enablers' that are influencers on the employee's experience within an organization - purpose (why we exist); work design (how we work); social system (inclusion and connections); personal growth (realizing potential); contribution awareness (appreciation for effort and achievement); advocacy (taking action to support or recommend); and wellbeing (being comfortable, healthy and happy). Benchmarks applied in EPI analysis and reports are based on Maritz's 2016 study of more than 2,000 companies in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

VP Kimberly Lanier (pictured) comments: 'Employee engagement is a recognized key performance indicator of thriving organizations. Unfortunately, global employee engagement is at an alarming low rate, costing employers millions of dollars. We designed the EPI as an innovative assessment that gives you the information you need to understand how your culture is wired to boost employee connection and commitment'.

Web site: www.maritzmotivation.com/EPI .