Tools for High-Performing Teams
Build a better world with a better team
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Performance Management Systems
Can a Great Manager Fix Failing Performance Management Systems?
Within most organizations, the manager is tasked with ensuring employee performance is efficient and attributing to the success of the organization as a whole. Worker performance is a large generalization, as this is an umbrella term for many different dynamics. Worker performance includes task completion, relationships with other workers, punctuality, goals, and many other categories. […]
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The Top Reasons for Employee Turnover
When turnover rates are high within an organization, the first thing to figure out before you can improve the situation is why exactly you’re losing employees. Whenever an employee quits their job, it’s crucial to examine the root cause. Most employees don’t enter into a full-time job expecting to quit, so if you’re losing workers, […]
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Hiring a New Manager Part 2: Managing Former Peers
Managing Former Peers! You’ve worked with an employee for years. They’re great at their job and have been instrumental in helping the company succeed. But now, you’re leaving that role behind to take on another new position as manager. It can be hard enough handling the transition of moving from one role to another, but […]
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Ways Companies Can Prepare Today for a Better Tomorrow
The pandemic was a stark reminder that the unthinkable could happen at any point. Most of the critical processes that shaped the daily order of operations became afterthoughts, as most leaders put all their efforts into simply keeping the business open. Training and onboarding didn’t receive the proper attention because of the scrambling it took […]
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Performance and Rewards
There’s no questioning the importance of performance and rewards. This system has been a highlight of any corporate structure for nearly a century. Organizations have become more interconnected, which adds to the overall agility of the company. Lending a hand to other departments is normal, as teams drive the majority of production and management is […]
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Why Should Organizations Re-Evaluate Their Performance Management Practices?
When you choose an appropriate performance management system, it’s important to continuously evaluate the effectiveness of your software. These platforms are never intended to be a permanent solution. As such, they require constant adapting and updating. There are several reasons why you should constantly re-evaluate your performance management practices. In this article, we’ll outline the […]
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Should You Ever Convince Someone Not to Quit?
What is the difference between increasing retention or decreasing turnover and convincing someone not to quit? Are they one and the same, or are there differences between these two situations? Many people would make the argument that convincing someone not to quit is a situation-specific occurrence that requires higher levels of engagement and communication. These […]
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Building a High-Performing Team: The Role of Social Recruiting Software
No matter how dedicated your managers are to conducting one-on-ones and check-ins to build engagement, churn is going to happen. Employees leave organizations for any number of reasons, many of which are not negative reflections on the employer. However, it does leave you in a bind – filling those vacancies can be incredibly challenging. The […]
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Biases That Can Affect Managing a Remote Workforce
Remote work is the future. Following the Coronavirus pandemic, more workforces are working remotely now than ever. Some are entirely remote, some are only partly remote, but no matter your organization’s individual situation, you need to know how to efficiently manage distributed team members. Here, we will go over some of the top biases that […]
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How to Deal with an Employee Who Always Complains
Unfortunately, chronic complaining is something that’s all too common within most organizations. As a leader, dealing with employees who complain constantly can be tricky, particularly if they perform well or are good at their job. At some point, most leaders have dealt with an employee who is constantly complaining. A hostile work environment is rarely […]
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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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Qualities That Make an Effective Manager
Without top-quality managers with the right skill set to lead, an organization will often struggle to succeed. Managers affect so many aspects of an organization, and when a manager is ineffective, the impact can be very negative and often detrimental. However, when management is successful, the impact is positive and can drive a company to […]
