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Tag: steffen maier
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How to Encourage a Growth Mindset in Your Company
We all know about the benefits of continuous feedback in creating high performing learning organizations.
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How 3 Companies Benefited by Changing Performance Management
Old-school performance management doesn't work. The dreaded annual review alienates managers and their reports alike. But companies the world over have discovered the positive changes a new approach to performance management can bring.
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A 3-Pronged Approach to Employee Feedback
Businesses have long practiced the art of "downward reviews," where a manager or supervisor gives feedback to a subordinate.
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HR Isn't Going Away, It's Just Being Reinvented
Human resource (HR) departments are often last thing start-ups pay attention to. In their race to become lean, hyper-growth machines, executives in the tech industry end up viewing HR as a nice to have, if not a symbol of the corporate culture they want to avoid.
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Why a Learning Culture Will Scale Your Company’s Success
One of the biggest mistakes fast growing companies make is they underestimate the strategic role HR can play in scaling by design rather than headcount. In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Marshall School of Business professor John Boudreau described the rampant use of HR within many startup and
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The Skills HR Needs to Sustain an Engaged Workforce
The role human resources (HR) play in the workplace is undergoing a major shift. In the past, HR concerns took a back seat to bottom line business needs.
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How Managers Can Help, Rather Than Hinder, Productivity
Keeping up productivity levels is an essential part of the job, whether working for HR or managing a team. However, in the eye-opening TED Talk “Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work,” software engineer Jason Fried argues the main barriers to productivity are the people who should actively be trying
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4 Reasons to Start Setting Team Goals Today
We all know the importance of setting clear goals at work. But setting goals doesn’t end at an individual level. Setting team goals sets the bar high for everybody.
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What You Can Learn About Employee Engagement From 5 Cool Companies
Some companies seem to have found the secret sauce for keeping employees engaged and passionate about their work. Take these five organizations — FullContact, Southwest Airlines, Legal Monkeys, Screwfix and DreamWorks. Here are actionable tips from well-liked companies with engaged employees who go the extra mile.
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Strengthen Your Organizational Culture with Regular Feedback
A toxic work culture can disrupt business, resulting in low engagement, high turnover and ultimately damage your company’s reputation. However, by influencing culture and internalizing new norms, companies have a chance to bounce back.
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What it Takes to Be an Effective Manager Today
We are going through a management crisis. Gallup found that 50 percent of workers who quit their jobs left due to issues with management, supporting the idea that employees leave bosses, not jobs. Employees today are looking for companies with less layers of management and more freedom in the workplace.
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Why You Should Separate Feedback From Salary and Promotions
Companies that have chosen to ditch the annual performance reviews in favor of more regular feedback now face a quandary: how does this new system impact compensation and promotion decisions? It may be tempting to directly link the information collected to compensation and promotion, as previously done with annual performance
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How HR Supports Professional Development in the Workplace
Online courses, podcasts and new tech tools give employees more ownership over their professional development than ever before. So what role should human resources (HR) play in learning and development (L&D)? Even if HR does not directly administer employee education, the department can still play an important facilitator role.
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How to Cultivate a Culture of Feedback in Your Workplace
A dramatic shift in the job market has led many companies to use feedback to improve employee retention rates. Unlike in the past, employees feel less tied by loyalty to a company and freer to take on new opportunities.
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