October 2021 HR Lineup

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Review and close your team actions from last survey To maintain this engagement and ensure an open line of communication for honest feedback, we need to show our teams that their input is considered. After all, only by addressing employee feedback can we have engaged and inspired teams. For line managers who received team results last year, we trust you took the opportunity to discuss both strengths and improvement areas at your team level – either face-to-face or virtually – and worked together with your team members to develop associated actions. We now ask you to look back on the past months and see if progress has been made on those agreed actions. It is critical that you have closed the loop with your team and check in on the progress made. “You speak. We listen. Together we act.” ensuring that your team’s voice is both heard and acted upon is crucial. You can increase the engagement of your team by: • Highlighting actions taken since the last survey; • Encouraging employees to participate in the 2021 survey, while indicating that participation is voluntary; and • Giving confidence to your teams that confidentiality of the survey results is guaranteed. For more information about survey confi- dentiality, as well as your role in communi- cating results and taking action, please review these Line Manager resources. Your role as Line Managers: In the context of this year’s tagline

What happens next? • Just like last year, ABB employees with a business email address will receive a personal email invitation from Glint, including an individual link to take the survey. Employees without an ABB email address will receive an access code to participate in the online survey via a computer terminal/kiosk or on their smartphone or tablet using a QR code provided via posters and roll-ups. • To keep the momentum, this year the results platform will open on November 10 , just one week after the end of the survey. As before, if you have at least five team members who respond to the survey, you’ll be able to review and download consolidated reports/results. • Training will again be available to provide a walkthrough of the Glint platform and guidance on how to navigate through the results, create and keep track of goals and action items, and hold future conversations with your team. The training is a live virtual session led by Glint, and the same training will be run on three different dates/times in October and November. You will receive invitations so that you can attend the ses- sion that best fits your schedule. The sessions will also be recorded for those who can’t attend. We look forward to the launch of this year’s survey, and continuing to show employees how their input truly makes a difference.

Nov 10 Results Release

Response Window

O ct 19 launch

Nov 2 close

Nov 3, 08.00 – 09.30 CET Live Virtual: Manager: Talking Action (option 2)

Nov 15, 16.00 – 17.30 CET Live Virtual: Manager: Talking Action (option 2)

Oct 28, 16.00 – 17.30 CET Live Virtual: Manager: Talking Action (option 1)

— A high-level overview of the upcoming 2021 Employee Engagement Survey including manager training and results release