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Building Your Career with a Deadline: Why We Should Stop Thinking of Jobs as Permanent
Have you ever put off visiting a tourist attraction in your own city, thinking you'll get around to it another day? The same can happen with career advancement... Unless we put a deadline on it.
Thinking of Employee Performance as an Experience
In today's work environment, providing feedback is essential to ensuring that employees are engaged, productive, and continuously improving. However, simply providing a feedback framework and some training sessions is not enough to create a culture of feedback.
Uncovering the Hidden Depths of HR Tech Integrations
The common question of whether an HRTech vendor integrates with an HRIS/payroll system or Microsoft/Google suite was discussed. HR leaders should press vendors to explain integration details to ensure clarity.
Unintended Consequences of the WFH Revolution
Flexible work arrangements may have unintended consequences - innovative ways of working should be treated as an experiment, iterated with feedback and deemed a success or failure based on your context.
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AI-Generated Employee Feedback... Would You?
The use of AI in employee feedback may seem unauthentic, but experiments have shown promising results.
Crafting an Exceptional Performance Experience
Performance reviews are more than just a process, and the human element introduces many questions that need to be considered.
Creating Accountability Around Performance Activities
Organisations that are successful with performance activities either have them deeply ingrained in their culture or have set minimum standards and created accountability for them.
Customisation is Key to Achieving Exceptional Employee Experience and Performance
The shortcomings of productised performance solutions and how customisation is key for successful HR Tech implementations.
Data and Science Fall Short When It Comes to Employee Experience
In the world of employee experience, studies and data can inform high-level best practices, but they often fall short when it comes to the unique culture and ways of working within each organization.
Designing an Effective Performance Experience Through Employee-Centered Approaches
When buying performance management software, document your performance experience and don't let software vendors dictate the process.
Employee Experiences, Not Experience
Bringing a fresh mindset to make the abstract concept of employee experience more tangible and practical.
Ex Design - Hit the Ground Walking
Designing a great employee experience (EX) can be challenging for HR leaders without a background in Human Centred Design or Design Thinking. While engaging a consultant can lead to better results, not all businesses are willing to invest in this process - nothing wrong with excel and sticky notes to get you going.
How do we get people back in the office?
The debate about whether to work from home or in the office misses the point. It's not about WFO vs WFH.
Key Ideas for Successful HR Tech Implementation and Adoption
To ensure successful HR Tech implementation, focus on employee adoption. Top tips to drive this success criteria.
Performance Management Best Practices - Nice in Theory
Best practices are a useful tool for certain components of performance management, but they should not be used to define the entire performance experience.
Rethinking 30, 60, 90 Day Milestones for Connection, Belonging & Contribution
Traditional onboarding processes may not fully address the goals of a new employee's experience. Instead, we should focus on more human-centric milestones to create inclusive, high-performing workplaces.
Return to the office - what are you doing?
Creating a flexible work policy that balances individual needs with team needs is challenging, but necessary to retain employees in a tight talent market.
Unlocking the Benefits of an Integrated Performance System
The need for a comprehensive performance process that packages all components into a coherent experience to make it easier for employees to understand, what they need to do next, and why.
Who 'brands' their performance process?
Companies are increasingly using branding to make performance processes more positive, with many re-naming them to reflect their organisation's values.