2023

EMPLOYEE
Perfecting HR in 2023
by Putting People First EXPERIENCE
CALENDAR
Dear HR Teams,

We are delighted to share the Employee Experience Calendar, hoping it will be

your companion this year while shaping your agenda and adding value to your
people.

As Sorwe, we believe human capital is the most valuable asset of a company.

We are happy to bring together in this calendar a new employee experience

approach and data-based human resource management to assist you
throughout the year.

To increase employee engagement and internal communication, you can take

advantage of the special days in the calendar and focus on key HR topics.

We wish you a fruitful year in 2023, where you will achieve higher engagement
with your valuable people and tremendous success.

Sorwe Team
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S M T W T F S

January New Year's Day

8
New Year’s Day
observed
(Bank Holiday)

Clean Your
Desk Day
3

10
4

11
5

12
6

 13
7

 14
New goals, new resolutions, new
beginnings... We've started the new
15 16  17 18 Popcorn Day  20  21
year with high expectations. We
believe this will be your year. May
International
22  23 Day of  25  26 27 Data Privacy
2023 be a year of joy and success, Day
Education
with increased employee
engagement rates. 29 30  31

Performance Analysis and Action Week

OKR (Objectives Key Result) Implementation

REMINDER FROM SORWE

January brings responsibilities from last year, and performance review is one of them. You can finalise the
performance review this month and focus on the OKR system.
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February
1 Time to Talk 3 World Cancer
Day Day

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

We left the excitement of the New

Year behind, and now we are entirely 12 13 Valentine's Day 15 16 17 18
focused on what the year will bring.
It's time to focus on learning and
19 World Day of 21 22 23 24 25
development. As we said, 2023 will Social Justice
be your year.

26 27 28

Learning and Development

REMINDER FROM SORWE

After leaving the performance review and OKR period behind, how about focusing on learning and
development plans in February?
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March
Employee
1 2 Appreciation 4
Day

5 6 7 International 9 10 11
Women's Day
Watch out, it's March! It's the month that
we all need to be careful with the changing
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
weather. We can put extra efford to our
inner self and our needs. How about
collecting ideas from your employees? It'll International
Mother's Day Day of World Down Ramadan 23 24 25
Syndrome Day Begins
be a good iniative for both for boosting Happiness
motivation and mental health in the
company. 26 27 28 29 30 31

Recognition & Rewards Week

Suggestion Collection and Analysis Week

REMINDER FROM SORWE

Is it easy for your team to share suggestions? Or are they satisfied with the actions after they share an idea? You
can focus on developing a robust suggestion system so that your employees can feel their voices heard and
follow action points. Enabling feedback culture always starts by spreading positive vibes, so you may want to
benefit from the employee appreciation day this month.
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April World Autism

Awareness Day 3 4

National Pet
5 6
Good Friday
(Bank Holiday)
World Health
Day
8

This year is the year that we put Easter 10 Day 12 Scrabble Day 14 15

people first. This month could be

a great time to start checking
the pulse of your employees and 16 17 18 19 20 21 Earth Day

seeing their satisfaction.

World Day for

23 24 25 26 27 Safety and 29
Health at Work

30

Employee Engagement Survey and Analysis Week

REMINDER FROM SORWE

How to ease the engagement survey process? Make sure the tool you're using has mobile-first technology to
maximise participation in the survey. You may want to couple up the survey period with a fun team activity in April.
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May
Early May 2 3 Star Wars Day 5 Coronation of
(Bank Holiday) King Charles III

Coronation of
King Charles III
7 9 10 11 12 13
(Bank Holiday)

International
Now is the time to focus on employee 14 15 16 17 18 19 Human
engagement while empowering your Resources Day

people. You may want to update your

orientation processes and discover new 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
ways to create a feedback culture while
celebrating Mental Health Awareness week.
Spring Bank
28 Holiday 30 31

Orientation Planning Mental Health Awareness Week

Feedback Culture Week

REMINDER FROM SORWE

How is the onboarding process going? You can save time by automating the orientation process for new joiners to
get the highest efficiency and cut your workload. At the same time, you can activate feedback requests and share
based on the dominant competencies you want to see as part of your company culture.
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June
1 National Fish 3
and Chip Day

World
4 Environment 6 7 8 9 10
Day

Halfway through the year, it's time to

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
focus on team spirit! Do not miss the
energy of June for fun team activities
that will strengthen engagement levels
Father's Day 19 20 Yoga Day 22 23 24
and leverage your internal
communication efforts before vacation
plans.
25 26 27 28 29 30

Team Activities Week British Nutritional Foundation Healthy Eating Week

Internal Communications and Company Intranet Updates

REMINDER FROM SORWE

Everyone may hace started to get into a vacation mood. The best thing to do during this period can be to
increase team activities and keep internal communication channels alive. How about updating the company
intranet and informing your employees about these updates?
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July 2

9
3

10
4

11
5

12
6

13
Chocolate Day

14
8

15
Is everyone here? Mid-Year
Performance Review is coming. World Emoji
16 Day 18 19 20 21 22
After six months, it's time to review
the performance!
International
23 Self-Care Day 25 26 27 28 29

International
Friendship Day 31

Mid-Year Performance Review Preparation

Mid-Year Performance Review Week

REMINDER FROM SORWE

We are halfway through the year. Before going into the last two quarters, how about reviewing the
performances? By evaluating the performance of your people, you can plan the necessary actions and make a
strong start for the rest of the year.
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1 2 3 4 5

August Cycle to Work

Day 7 8 Coworking Day 10 11 12

This is a great month to focus on your Photography

13 14 15 16 17 18
talent distribution. Hopefully, you're Day

enjoying a little break too. Don't forget to

benefit from people analytics to find top
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
performers and future leaders to structure
your organisation for the following months.
Summer Bank
27 Holiday 29 30 31

Mid-Year Performance Review Analysis and Retention Projects

REMINDER FROM SORWE

It's time to evaluate and deep dive into the reports to shape your talent management. You may plot 9-Box
analyses following your mid-year performance review and the potential evaluation of your team members. It will
give you a great understanding of who you can invest in to arrange your succession plans.
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September 3 4 5 6 7 International
Literacy Day
9

We are slowly returning to real life after 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

summer. How about organising an
energetic, dynamic and fun back-to-office
International International
party? 17 18 19 20 Day of Peace 22 Day of Sign
Languages

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Team Activities and Quizzes

International Week of Happiness at Work

REMINDER FROM SORWE

How about organising a team activity in September when everyone returns from holidays? Team activities will
help you to have a smooth transition from time off to work. You can organise fun competitions both physically
and online. By the way, have you seen the Sorwe Quiz questions?
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October
International World Animal World Smile
Coffee Day 2 3 Day 5 Day 7

8 9 World Mental 11 12 13 14
Health Day

Sorwe
Just a minute! Are we in the last quarter Employee
15 16 17 Experience 19 20 21
of the year? We did not expect that 2023 Summit 2023
would pass so quickly. The last 90 days to
end a good year! 22 23 23 25 26 27 28

29 30 Halloween

Work-Life Balance Week

360 Degree Feedback Preparation

REMINDER FROM SORWE

Pulse surveys are the most effective way to find out how your employees feel. With the Happiness Barometer, you
can track happiness levels and organise a survey about motivation or healthy life. At the same time, you can
automate pulse surveys so that your can track the differences throughout the year. Finally, let's not forget that the
360 Degree Feedback period is approaching.
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Stress

November
2 3 4
Awareness Day

5 6 7 8 World Freedom 10 11
Day

We've already started focusing on 2024

planning, didn't we? Budget planning, World Kidness
12 Day 14 15 16 17 18
targets, organisational structure
changes... You can reduce your workload International
Day for the
with ready reporting formats that will 19 20 21 22 23 24
Elimination of
Violence
make your work easier in data analysis. Against
Women

26 27 28 29 30

360 Degree Feedback Week Diwali

REMINDER FROM SORWE

The highlight of November can be 360 Degree Feedback. A tool that does all the spider mapping and builds
individual and company-wide reports for you can be your best assistant in this period. We wish you a successful
evaluation period.
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2023
World AIDS Day 2

December International
Day of People
with Disabilities
4 Turkish Coffee
Day
6 7 8 9

And the last month of the year! You have Human Rights 11 12 13 14 15 16
left behind a hectic, fun and full year. You Day
have played a significant role in people
management. Thank you very much for all
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
your efforts and for putting your people
first.
Christmas Day Boxing Day
24 (Bank Holiday) (Bank Holiday) 27 28 29 30

New Year’s Eve

Performance Review

REMINDER FROM SORWE

At the end of the year, the performance review period begins. If the preparations are complete, you can start the
performance review. As we complete a successful performance period, we wish you a great festive season full of
hope, success and health.
While preparing the Employee Experience Calendar, which we created for the very
first time in 2023, we imagined that it could be your digital companion to support
your business plans, remind you of the value of your work, and make you smile.

We thank you in advance for your efforts throughout the year and wish you success,
health and joy in the new year with your team.

About Sorwe
Sorwe is a people-first end-to-end digital employee experience platform. We
combine employee experience with human analytics to create happier and more
connected teams with the solutions we offer to modern companies who believe in a
human-oriented approach for the secret of success.

We shape the future of work with the experience we have gathered from more than
75,000 users from 10 countries.

info@sorwe.com www.sorwe.com