‼️See how DTE Energy not only retains their workforce, but brings out their best work
As the renewable revolution accelerates, empowering your workforce is pivotal for driving innovation and sustainable growth. And DTE Energy is leading the way. Their remarkable cultural transformation offers powerful lessons for clean energy leaders:
👐Foster an inclusive culture
They’ve contributed to youth employment programs in the Detroit, Michigan community. They also provide 1,500 youth, mostly from underserved backgrounds, with employment opportunities and provide a second chance in life through training programs and hiring opportunities for returning citizens.
👣Unleash employee-led initiatives
DTE's "energy groups" gave employees a platform to spearhead diversity, mentorship, and volunteerism efforts from the ground up, fostering ownership and engagement.
🚀Embrace continuous improvement
DTE instilled a mindset of continuous improvement, encouraging cost-saving ideas from all levels. This approach avoided layoffs while empowering employees.
🎯Align purpose with community impact
By communicating DTE's purpose as a force for local prosperity, employees were motivated by the deeper meaning behind their work, driving engagement.
🤝Collaborate with labor
When faced with engagement challenges among unionized employees, DTE Energy's leadership took a collaborative approach. Instead of being defensive, DTE's leadership worked collaboratively with unions to define a shared purpose of engaging members and achieving continuous improvement.
The results? Industry-leading engagement levels, a highly productive and innovative workforce, and a company poised to lead the energy transition.
As clean energy leaders, we must prioritize an empowered, purpose-driven workforce. What strategies is your organization exploring to unleash your team's full potential as innovators and intrapreneurs?
Excellent article! The company culture is so important and is a wonderful place to work when all are on board. My only advice is when there is an individual that does not fit within the culture or is that one wrench in the wheel, especially if they are in a leadership position, release them early. Takes a long time to develop culture in the workplace, and easy to lose. These first 350 employees have quite a task ahead of them - important that they continue to lead the way.