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December 4, 2024
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How to Deal with Nonperforming Employees?

A critical project is nearing its deadline, but one team member’s repeated delays and inconsistent performance begin to take a […]

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March 27, 2023

How to Best Prepare for a Performance Review meeting

Maya is a software engineer at a large corporation. She sips her morning tea and tries to calm her nerves. […]

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March 25, 2023
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Everything you need to know about a Competency Matrix

The competency matrix is a valued tool used for internal and external profiling. It provides excellent insight into the strengths […]

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March 21, 2023

30 Negative Performance Review Phrases You Should Not Use

Performance reviews are an essential and unavoidable part of the employee-manager relationship. Done right, a performance review serves as an […]

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February 25, 2023

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Strategy Maps

Strategy maps are a powerful tool for any organization to better understand and communicate its strategy. They provide an at-a-glance, […]

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February 16, 2023

8 Essential HR Skills Every Professional Should Develop

The effectiveness of human resources (HR) professionals can lift an organization to punch above its weight. From talent acquisition to […]

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January 24, 2023
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7 Ways How HR Can Help Employees Succeed

HR professionals work closely with employees, managers, and other organizational stakeholders – often, their interactions place them in a position […]

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January 19, 2023

5 Benefits of More Frequent Performance Review Cycles

Performance reviews are a crucial part of any business. They provide feedback to employees and help the organization identify areas […]

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January 18, 2023

Personal OKRs vs Team OKRs: What are the differences?

Let’s begin with an unpopular opinion when setting Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for your company. Don’t set personal or […]

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January 2, 2023

How to fit objective in performance management strategy?

Does goal setting fit into an organization’s performance management strategy? Or can goal setting based on modern frameworks like Objectives […]

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December 24, 2022

7 Steps for HR to Create a Change Management Strategy

Change is the only constant, and the speed at which changes are happening to how we work – requires a […]

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December 22, 2022

What are the procedures for choosing your OKR levels?

The acronym OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results and is an excellent tool for all sizes of organizations to […]

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December 17, 2022

A Quick Guide to Continuous Performance Management

Continuous performance management is the modern response to the overhaul of traditional annual performance reviews. The continuous performance management system […]

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December 16, 2022

Top Evolution in OKRs To Drive Organizational Growth

Objectives and Key Results or OKR is becoming an increasingly famous catchphrase today. The process of setting goals has existed […]

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December 15, 2022

How to deal with a bad performance review?

The annual performance review is one of the most awaited processes of the year. Because of how these performance reviews […]

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December 6, 2022

The Importance of Feedback Loops in Staff Retention

Employee retention is a genuine problem and seems to grow every day! Employee turnover is expected to be 50-75% higher […]

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November 26, 2022

Drive employee engagement through performance management

Employee engagement is a top priority for organizations today. However, according to a Gallup study, 8 out of 10 employees […]

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November 25, 2022

Why are OKR tools better than OKRs with spreadsheets?

When setting and tracking objectives and key results (OKRs), there are two main options: using a tool or a spreadsheet. […]

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November 22, 2022

6 Ways to Structure an Effective Performance Appraisal System

Picture this: It’s the end of the quarter and employees are eagerly awaiting performance feedback. However, the performance appraisal system churns out […]

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November 17, 2022

Steps to Create an OKR communication Strategy

You’ve just implemented your company’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and you’re feeling good about it. But there is one […]

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November 16, 2022

Strategies to roll out OKRs for the first time

Setting and achieving goals is a crucial part of any successful organization, yet knowing where to start is not easy. […]

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November 3, 2022

Aspirational OKRs vs Committed OKRs: The Differences

OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results – a framework that helps organizations of all sizes manage their goals. It […]

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November 2, 2022

Effectively Enforce an Ongoing Performance Management Cycle

For an organization to perform at its optimum, all moving parts must work seamlessly – much like the parts of […]

October 19, 2022

How OKRs work for Large-Scale Organizations

Efforts don’t mean much if they do not lead to demonstrable results. And efforts without a goal are futile. Whether […]

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October 17, 2022

20 Performance Management Best Practices: Your Ultimate List

A report on performance management identified similarities and differences in performance management processes between industries. Many surveys and research have […]

Top 7 Performance Management Mistakes to Avoid for Companies
October 13, 2022

Top 7 Performance Management Mistakes to Avoid for Companies

Managing the performance of its employees well is essential for any organization to be successful, yet the processes related to […]

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October 12, 2022

10 Powerful Performance Management Tools & Techniques You Need

Performance management is a key aspect for any organization to focus on, whether public or private, corporate or democratic. In […]

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September 29, 2022

How to Lead in a Team-Oriented Way

In about three years from now, 30% of the world’s population and 27% of the workforce will comprise Gen Z. […]

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September 28, 2022

A Complete Guide to a Distributed Workforce

Consider this: A newly launched software startup in the U.S. is struggling to build its product. The company is on […]

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September 23, 2022

7 Ways to Keep Your Employees From Quitting

“Here’s my letter of resignation…” “I quit!” Phrases that truly bring dread!  It doesn’t matter if you’re a department head, […]