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Communications Works Council

Research & Strategy


Merrit van Els

May 17, 2022


Veldhoven

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Graduation assignment

Main question: ‘How can the Works Council maximize employee outreach trough
communication?’

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Research

Field Research
1. Survey
2. Interviews
- employees
- members WoCo

Desk Research
1. Analyse
- current communication WoCo
- internal communications ASML
2. General information
- general information WoCo
- books / online

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Conclusions and insights
(The most important)

Conclusions:
- Most of the employees don’t even know what the Works Council does exactly
- International employees are often not at all familiar with the Works Council
- The Works Council isn’t visible enough within ASML
- There is an information overload within ASML and there’s a mail culture
- The target audience is such a broad one that one topic doesn’t concern everyone

Insights:
- Everyone I spoke to has heard something about the Works Council during the elections
- Personal communication is the most effective way
- Because not everyone knows exactly what the Works Council does, it creates less interest in
general
- Those who have ever been helped by the WoCo, see the usefulness of it
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Goals and challenges

Communication goals:
To create awareness, to inform, to involve, to inspire, to tempt, to persuade

Challenges:
- Early involvement in decision making to make sure the WoCo has early impact
- Time. Other activities are prioritized over communications
- The WoCo members in the PR committee are not experts in communications
- The big group of new employees every month
- Information overload within ASML

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Strategy

1. Communicate the role and value of the WoCo more consistently


2. Target audiences
- All employees: to create awareness
- Target audiences: to involve
3. Use what is already there (channels and resources)
4. Make members of the WoCo ambassador
5. Make communications more personal

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Communications plan
Global

1. First step: create awareness by doing a campaign


- WoCo Road Shows
- Stand-ups in the ASML Buildings
- Email sequence
- Visit the other locations (Oirschot and Delft)

Support resources
- My ASML WoCo page
- Email signature
- ASML TV screens
- Onboarding

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Communications plan
Global

2. Second step: communicate with target audiences


- Opinion panel
- Yammer
- Mentimeter (bigger group meetings)
- Ambassadors

3. Third step: link it back to all employees


- ASML This Week, TV screens, Newsletter, Annual Report, Intranet, Onboarding, Communicate ‘On Demand’

à Step 1, 2 and 3 keep repeating. The campaign you do once in the term.

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Thanks Merrit van Els Veldhoven

Merrit.van.els@asml.com

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