Cardinal Rules for your Workday Home Page
Large technology transformations, especially ones that touch areas of high employee sensitivity, require thoughtful planning and purposeful design to drive meaningful adoption. Case in point, your WorkDay Home Page. Below we have included key guideposts to help ensure that your Workday Home Page is highly impactful has broad adoption across the user base. These best practices, combined with measurable analytics will set your organization on a path towards continuous improvement and ongoing value realization.
1. Build it FOR them; not TO them
Role-based Interactions: Tailor content based on user roles (e.g., employees, managers, HR).
Group By Task, Not Function: Think about what the user needs to do, not what department a task belongs to.
Dynamic Content Blocks: Use Workday-delivered functionality like Worklets and Announcements that adapt based on user context or recent activity.
2. Make their lives easier
Reduce Clicks: Group related functions (e.g., benefits, pay, time tracking) into a logical layout to reduce search time.
Smart Tiles/Shortcuts: Include commonly used tasks (e.g., "Request Time Off", "View Pay Slip") upfront.
Highlight Time-Sensitive Priorities: Display and prioritize pending actions (e.g. reviews, approvals and requests) prominently, with notification tiles for tasks requiring immediate action
3. Context is king
Lingo: Replace jargon or internal lingo with plain, intuitive language (e.g., "Pay" instead of "Remuneration").
Conditional Visibility: Display tiles only when relevant — e.g., "Open Enrollment" during benefits period.
Tooltips & Microcopy: Add short descriptions or tooltips for less obvious features.
4. Keep it Simple
Use Workday-delivered Features First: Avoid over-customizing; stick with Workday best practices and configurable features
Limit Clutter: Resist the urge to add too many tiles—stick to high-value and high-traffic items.
