111: Make Your People Care About Your Business with Sri Chellappa

Srikant Chellappa is the president and co-founder of Engagedly, an employee engagement and development software platform that redefines the performance review process. In his spare time, Sri also produces movies, makes music, and hosts the People Strategy Leaders Podcast. We discuss the benefits of having engaged employees, how OKRs ramp up employee motivation, and where most companies fail with employee engagement. 

 

Time Stamps

[00:47] Sri's entrepreneurial journey

[02:22] A simple framework to improve employee engagement

[05:49] Where most companies are failing with employee engagement

[08:45] Employees want to feel purpose in their work

[10:57] The 3Es engagement framework at Engagedly

[12:56] Performance reviews for employee engagement 

[15:17] OKRs and performance management: How they work together

[17:46] How OKRs ramp up employee motivation

[19:18] How managers can use Engagedly to improve employee engagement

[21:22] Engagedly is a people strategy platform

[23:20] Why HR should be executives at the people strategy table

[25:23] Parting thoughts

 

Links and Resources

Steve and Greg Cleary's Book: Pinnacle: Five Principles that Take Your Business to the Top of the Mountain

Sri's LinkedIn

Engagedly.com

People Strategy Leaders Podcast