Leading Indicator #1: Engagement by Leadership

Why It's a Measure of Success

Leadership support of the Vimocity initiative has a direct impact on the perception, engagement and long-term adoption among employees. Establishing Vimocity as a key leadership initiative signals the importance of prioritizing workforce readiness and embedding a culture of safety and performance across your company. 

This article will cover:

• Three best practices for ensuring your Vimocity initiative is viewed as a priority throughout your organization
• Resources to help you implement each of the three tactics
• Recommended methods your organization can adopt to measure this leading indicator

Note: Click the link for an overview of Vimocity's Leading Indicators of Success.

Tactic #1: An Executive Sponsor Is Established

Establishing a member of your leadership team as a sponsor of the Vimocity Initiative leads to higher visibility, credibility and adoption throughout the company.

An ideal executive sponsor is:

• Visible and respected throughout the company
• Has ties to health, safety and/or operations
• Passionate about the Vimocity initiative and driving positive business outcomes

Implementation Resources: 

• • 📩 Initial Vimocity Launch Communication: The linked communication template can be used to introduce the initial launch of the Vimocity initiative. It can be sent directly from the Executive Sponsor or include a quote from the Sponsor.
    
    
  • 📄 Impact Article Template: This communication template can be used post-launch to share the impact that the Vimocity initiative has had within your organization. It can be sent directly from the Executive Sponsor or include a quote from the Sponsor speaking to the impact.

How To Measure It:

• • Nominal Yes/No: Is injury prevention part of a corporate goal or leadership initiative?
  • Nominal Yes/No: Is there an executive sponsor in place who regularly communicates about the importance of the initiative
  • Annual audits of these metrics are recommended to maintain visibility and alignment

Tactic #2: Initiative Discussed Regularly in Leadership Meetings

Including the Vimocity initiative as a standing agenda item in leadership meetings drives awareness, alignment and prioritization across the organization. This ensures safety and readiness remain top of mind, fueling ongoing performance, engagement and resilience.

When members of leadership regularly evaluate the status of safety efforts, it provides a vital opportunity to course correct and accelerate impact.

Implementation Resources:

• • 🗣 Criteria to Cover in Leadership Meetings: View this guide for suggested discussion points that can be used during regularly held leadership meetings to keep leaders informed of the status and impact of the Vimocity initiative.

How To Measure It:

• • Nominal Yes/No: Is the Vimocity initiative a standing line item on the agenda of a regularly held leadership meeting?
  • Quarterly audits of these metrics are recommended 

💡 Tip: Schedule quarterly calendar or email reminders to check if the Vimocity initiative is being discussed regularly in leadership meetings.

Supporting Data From Vimocity:

• • The metrics provided in Vimocity's Standard Monthly Report
  • Data gathered from the Employee Impact Survey

Tactic #3: Management Is Actively Involved

Management engagement and prioritization of readiness and injury prevention are leading determinants of safety performance. There are primarily two recommended ways to reinforce and gauge management involvement in the Vimocity initiative: 

1. Add readiness and injury prevention criteria to safety observation or engagement scorecard
2. Regular reporting from management on aspects of the initiative

Implementation Resources:

• • 📋 Safety Observation Scorecard: This guide contains statements that can be added to an existing Safety Observation Scorecard to measure management’s engagement in MSD prevention.
  • 📊 Management Reporting Questions: This guide contains questions that can be included in a regular report completed by management to both get a signal of the reach of the Vimocity initiative as well as reinforce their role in driving positive safety outcomes.

How To Measure It:

• • Findings of the corresponding MSD-related statements on the safety observation scorecard
  • Findings of the MSD-related questions included in regular Management Reporting

💡 Tip: Schedule quarterly calendar or email reminders to confirm this data is being reviewed and trends are being communicated and addressed when appropriate

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