Amazing news as Your FLOCK is included in the deep dive of HR tech in SIFTED

Posted November 24, 2022

What is SIFTED? Why are we at Your FLOCK so excited?

Sifted is the leading media brand for the European startup community. Backed by the Financial Times, their team of dedicated journalists spans the continent. Their unrivalled journalism sifts through the noise to give their readers. Usually higher end thinkers and investors and startups. It gives them the breaking news, insightful analysis and actionable data they need.

Sifted aims to provide the most comprehensive coverage of Europe’s startup world. Which includes some 630,000 companies across the region. From Dublin to Moscow, from Stockholm to Tel Aviv.

Sifted produces original and insightful coverage of this emerging economy. As well as curating the best material available from other content providers. They are the real deal. We are Your FLOCK are massive fans.

They also produce the Sifted Summit. Which is a two-day celebration of European startups and tech. With a full conference programme across three stages, live podcast recordings, meetups, roundtables and deep dives. Which we would love to be part of …

But first…

We are part of their HR tech deepdive.

As they so wonderfully put it the

“People managers’ not-so-secret weapon”

They continue:

“The “war for talent”, the “Great Resignation”, a wave of layoffs in a jittery economy — HR departments have had plenty to worry about in recent years.

Competing for coveted talent while making sure existing employees don’t leave for greener pastures was hard enough before the pandemic, which made working life virtually borderless, and for many reaffirmed the importance of work-life balance.

(Ed note: Which is one of the reasons we built www.YourFLOCK.co.uk)

Lately, HR managers have needed to handle a delicate task unknown to most of the tech sector for over a decade: mass layoffs.

Stepping in to provide support at this crucial time is a growing wave of startups focusing on everything from performance analytics to recruiting software to payroll management, with many of them targeting the giant — but underserved — European SME market..”

A market that Your FLOCK is aimed at. In the UK. Looking to help marketing and creative agencies. Keep their best talent. Not just their bizzwords. This is why Your FLOCK is the world’s first employee retention platform based on employee values. Not company ones…

As at Your FLOCK – the employee retention platform – we investigate individual value profiles in your team. And quickly online collates your true company culture map. To help managers, bosses and leaders increase working from home happiness, retain key talent and increase remote working team productivity.

We are also part of their trends to watch.

As at Your FLOCK – we truly believe that the hybrid work force is here to stay. So much so that we no longer need the term. It’s just work in a post pandemic world for creative and marketing agencies. People work in the office sometimes, sometimes they don’t. It’s up to managers and team leaders to deal with this. And still be able to create a positive company culture from the feedback given to them by tools like Your FLOCK.

The trends that SIFTED sees for 2023 and beyond are:

The permanent hybrid

“With office occupancy back on the rise, the extent to which fully remote workplaces are here to stay is up for debate. Amid this uncertainty, HR-focused startups that are just starting out may do better to consider which products will remain essential to HR generally. Rather than tailoring their offering too much towards fully remote or fully physical futures.”

Your FLOCK is agonistic when it comes to working from home or working from the office. Our employee retention platform is made for both.

Fairness and AI bias

“AI tools for sourcing and screening talent are sprouting up, but concerns around fairness and reinforced biases may slow their adoption. Those startups need to be careful to sell their tools as providing additional, alternative information to support hiring managers in their decisions. Rather than claiming to be able to replace human judgement altogether.”

Again Your FLOCK is NOT here to replacement humans. We are strongly against this as what we do is augment the abilities of the team leader and save their time. They have to make the decisions of what to do next. No AI machine can do this…

Securing data (and talent)

“Faced with stringent data regulations, HR departments need to demonstrate strong levels of protection and compliance.HR techs are filling the gap by developing “safe vaults” that centralise and protect social data, ensuring additional compliance across departments.”

This isn’t something that Your FLOCK goes into. As our values led employee engagement survey does not contain information that needs securing.

What Your FLOCK does is listen to your employees and team. And give them the space they need to give you the feedback. Linked into their personal values – to help them be happier at work and feel valued.

Why do we want to Make Your Employees Feel Valued at Work

As the organisation Investors In People say:

“In our latest study, not feeling valued as a member of staff was the third most common reason for wanting to move on, cited by 39% of respondents”

Employee engagement strategies are important because they help companies attract and retain top talent. Companies that invest in employee engagement programs. Tend to see higher levels of productivity, lower turnover rates, and better customer service.

This all links into maintaining a strong company culture. Which is one of the most important factors in determining whether employees stay with a company over time.

It also helps companies attract top talent. By creating a work environment where people want to come to every day.

“Culture is one of those things that people talk about all the time, but they don’t know how to define it, But if you look at the companies that are doing well, they’re the ones who have a strong sense of purpose.” David Rock, CEO of Rock Health.

And we think he is right.

Which is why we are so happy to be included in the SIFTED report for Europe. Under the employee surveys and retention sector of HR tech. We are the world’s first personal values led employee retention platform. With our 6 months team togetherness guarantee.

NO one else offers this. Which is good as Sifted conclude:

“Going forward, [European Startups in the sector] biggest challenge won’t be a lack of demand for HR tech, but an increasingly crowded sector in which they must stand out from the pack.”

About Your FLOCK.

We investigate individual value profiles in your team. And quickly online collates your true company culture map.To help managers, bosses and leaders increase working from home happiness, retain key talent and increase remote working team productivity.

www.YourFLOCK.co.uk