EPISODE 9
“This Could Have Been an E-Mail”: Sutherland Global on Innovative Ways to Engage Employees
“This could have been an e-mail.” We’ve all seen the meme where employees lament that the contents of a meeting could have been summed up in an e-mail. Sutherland Global noticed that their associates weren’t attending meetings and decided to get creative. Sutherland Global’s Senior Project Manager, Charlene Petrie and Associate Project Manager, Alex Pratt, discuss how they’ve found a way to make sharing important news and updates with their employees more engaging—through a podcast. It’s all in this episode of Masters of Support.
Speakers:
Charlene Petrie
Charlene specializes in implementing Playvox, a Sutherland partner in gamification, engagement and performance management, across several verticals and global teams. With over 20,000 users and 70+ cross-geography implementations under her belt over the past 8 years, Charlene is the Subject Matter Expert on not only all things Playvox, but best practices, development, and the partnership with the vendor.
AlexaNdra Pratt
Alexandra has been in leadership roles for 12 years, the last 8 years she has been at Sutherland as the team manager for Petco’s social media moderation and community engagement. She is now an Associate Project Manager on the Global Community Management team with the mission to scale the success of her management experience to assist Sutherland leaders with improving communication and process for their team with Playvox. As a former team manager who used Playvox, she comes into this role with best practices and solutions for how this robust tool can advance team performance and engagement in both remote and on-site environments.
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Transcript
VG: Hey everyone. Welcome back to Masters of Support. I am your host, Vanessa Gates. And today I have with me two lovely ladies. I have Charlene Petrie, Senior Project Manager, and Alex Pratt, Associate Project Manager, both at Sutherland Global. Welcome, ladies. AP: Hi, Vanessa! VG: Hi. So great to have you. It’s been a long time coming. I’m so excited to talk to you too. today. Before we get started, I wanted to go ahead and start with an icebreaker, like I usually do on all of our other episodes. And that one is based on one of our core values, the enjoy the little things. So what are some of the things that you to like to enjoy outside of working at Sutherland Global? And Alex, if you want to start we’ll go with you? AP: That’s a great question. Because it’s all about the little things, right? I really love animals. And so one of the things I really love every day is watching the birds and feeding birds and squirrels and little rabbits and I get so much joy out of seeing a new bird or birds I recognize. So that’s my little moment of joy… Read more
