Bridge Rollout Resources: Talent Suite
Make Bridge a success from day one. We developed this framework to help you drive adoption and enthusiasm within your organization. Customize these resources to match your company branding and account for your goals to make them your own.
Get Your Leadership Team to Promote Bridge
When leaders talk about Bridge in employee development conversations—either in 1:1s or as part of the company vision—employees feel supported in their desire to grow. It's less about learning and training as a "must do" and more about training as a "get to."
The first step is about providing the business case to your executive leadership team. Give them the context behind Bridge and its impact on retention and performance. Have each department head commit to driving team adoption.
Did you know: Research shows that HR tools succeed at a 68% higher rate when leadership is involved.
Source: McKinsey & LiftHCMHere are a few resources to help:
Planning Doc: How to Frame the Benefits of Bridge
Key metrics and talking points to share with your leadership team.
Email to Your Leadership Team
An email template to share the “why” behind Bridge and talking points for execs.
Email From Your CEO to the Team
An email from your CEO to demonstrate your company’s commitment to career development and upskilling.
Slides for Bridge Overview Meetings
A ready-to-use slide deck to get your managers and leaders aligned.
Get Your Managers Engaged Early
When you're rolling out Bridge to managers, the goal is to show them that this isn't more work—it's a tool that actually buys their time back by reducing admin tasks associated with managing and overseeing employee development.
Select a pilot group of Bridge champions (managers or influential individual contributors) to get early access. Consider giving them an incentive for their time.
Use these resources to help drive adoption among your managers:
Email to Your Managers
Share the value of Bridge and reinforce the crucial role managers play.
Email From Managers to Teams
A template that managers can send to their teams.
Manager Talking Points
Resources designed for your management teams.
Slides to Introduce Bridge to Your Managers
All the essentials your managers need to know.
Manager’s Guide to Using Bridge
A detailed how-to blueprint to use Bridge as a manager.
Provide Milestones and Best Practices for Employees
Bridge is most powerful when your entire team is on board, and your company uses it regularly.
When talking about Bridge with employees, frame messaging as follows: “Bridge is designed to help you grow. It’s where you can map your career aspirations, then find training, develop skills, and gather feedback to help you get there.”
Share these resources to help everyone see its value and start using it like a pro:
Email From Bridge Champion/HR or L&D Contact to Employees
Share the value of Bridge and how it benefits them.
Kick-Off Deck
All the essentials your people need to know.
Video to Share With Your Employees
Play this at your all-hands meeting.
Ideas to Drive Adoption
Tips to engage employees from rollout and beyond.
Measure Success and Communicate the Value of Bridge
Keep up the momentum and prove the success of your rollout with these resources:
Get your leadership team aligned with goals early on. These goals will help you regularly communicate the value and ROI of Bridge.
Post-Rollout Survey
We provided some questions to help you get started.
Metrics to Measure Success
A set of metrics to prove the success of your rollout.
Key Milestones to Share With Employees
Use this to keep your momentum behind your Bridge rollout.
Rollout Posters
Printable pieces to post around the office.