Why is a social impact program important to employee experience? Creating a positive association with causes/ charities that employees are most passionate about and your company, aids retention and employee turnover.

Joel Pollick the CEO of Percent Pledge- a platform that creates customized social impact programs enabling businesses of any size to authentically engage with their workforce and improve employer brand. 

Things we talked about:

• Why physiologically and biologically does it feel good to give back?
  • Halo Effect- the feeling you get when you give back to others
  • Why gift-giving is innately selfish
• What are the different options a company has to give money or give their own money through Percent Pledge?
• Cause Credits
• Cause portfolio
• Advice on how to get leadership to understand
• Passion Assessment
• The "Yes, Yes" method
• How to bring more of yourself to the workplace

Books:

• How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie (When you give to others, you create momentum in your life)
• The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living by Amit Sood (Practicing gratitude, Joel’s transformational book)
• Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Koltz (the Psychology of taking things away from your life)