Agile Performance Management
Effective performance management made easy
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Creating an Organizational Culture That Supports Hybrid Work
Everywhere you look, the world is slowly starting to return to normal. Well, something resembling the old normal, at any rate. For most organizations, returning to the office full-time is not only impossible but impractical. They’ve seen the benefits of remote work firsthand. Most employees prefer to remain at home, too, particularly after a year […]
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The Importance of Evolving Company Culture to Suit Hybrid Work
We’ve heard it time and time again since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote work is the way forward. More and more organizations are transitioning to hybrid work models, even in the wake of the pandemic. Why? Because many leaders have become clued into the ways in which remote work can actually benefit their […]
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It’s Important to Focus On Employee Happiness and Here’s Why
Happiness can be a difficult emotion to understand in many ways. It tends to be fleeting for a lot of people and achieving overall happiness in all aspects of life is something almost everyone strives for. Of course, it’s much easier said than done, and a large component of happiness comes from how happy you […]
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The Importance of Properly Measuring Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is a very critical overall indicator of the health of your workforce. Employees who are engaged will be more productive, satisfied, perform better, and are much less likely to quit. In the past, engagement has been associated with morale or job satisfaction. Higher levels of engagement tend to mean that employees feel more […]
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How to Lead and Inspire Positivity
Negativity has the power to kill an entire workforce. It’s one of the most contagious and dangerous things that can happen to your employees. Unfortunately, a negative work environment can be difficult to quell should it start to arise. It’s all too easy for employees to start bringing negativity to work and spreading it. It’s […]
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Ways To Make Sure Your Remote Workers Stay Connected
Remote work is the new normal. Even after the pandemic, many organizations are choosing to allow their employees to remain working remotely, or at least enabling them to work from home part of the time. Remote work has been seen to have a number of advantages for organizations. Namely increased productivity. But if remote workers […]
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Check-Ins, One-on-Ones, and Performance Reviews: Answering Your Questions about Frequency
Performance management is something of a balancing act. It involves check-ins, One-on-ones, reviews, feedback and more. Managers and other leaders must provide actionable feedback so that employees can change their behavior for the better, but must do so in a way that is both timely yet not overbearing. There’s also the fact that providing such […]
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How to Help Employees Find Their “Calling” within Your Organization
Struggling to improve engagement within your organization? It’s very common. However, it does not have to be an uphill battle for your business. In fact, it might be as simple as helping your employees find their “calling”. What Is It All About? In the past, employers hired people to perform a specific job function or […]
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How to Connect Employees with the Company Mission
Contrary to once-popular belief, most employees want to do a good job. They want to help the business grow and thrive – to be a part of something larger than themselves. However, without direction, it becomes impossible for them to do that. This leads to disengagement, reduced morale, and poor outcomes. The answer to those […]
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Virtual Happy Hour Is Dead: New Team-Building Options for the Remote Work Age
The pandemic and ensuing shift toward remote work made 2020 a difficult year. However, most teams have learned to cope with their new normal, and many people no longer face the same challenges when it comes to working remotely. That does not mean there are no issues, though. Team-building remains a critical challenge for pandemic-stricken […]
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Employee Feedback: A Guide to How to Act on Critical Employee-Generated Information
The old performance management methodology is slowly being eroded. Instead, more and more companies are moving to a more agile process that incorporates timely feedback through check-ins and one-on-ones. This results in the ability to create real-time changes in employee performance. In addition, more and more managers are realizing the importance of not just providing […]
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What Does Diversity Really Do for the Workplace?
No matter where you personally fall on the political spectrum, the late 2020 suspension of diversity training rules by the previous administration probably came as a surprise. That’s because, when you strip away all the rhetoric, diversity does a lot of good for the workplace. Without it, your business is crippled, unable to compete in […]
