Managing a Virtual Workforce: Setting Social Goals Are the Key
The virtual workplace is different. The setting is different; cubicles don’t divide the virtual space. Neither do city lines, time zones, or continents, for that matter. The employees are different; without that immediate group feel, employees have no other option than to be more independent…
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Entrepreneur Employees: What Do They Mean for the Workplace?
When we talk about the workforce of the present moving towards an entrepreneurial flux driven model, what do we really mean? Clearly, larger companies are not suddenly going to change overnight into thousands of connected petri dishes of freelance innovators! The demands of the approach…
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5 Performance Management Tips for the Modern Worker
Did you know that only 32% of employees believe that their performance goals are aligned with the company’s business objectives? That’s not a great number. It essentially indicates that modern employees aren’t working on par with their companies, which means there’s a huge disconnect when…
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The Problem With 360 Reviews
Performance reviews are a necessary evil in the workplace. The good news is that the one-way, annual performance evaluation where an employee gets to hear about the all things she did wrong over the past year, and maybe a few that she did right, isn’t…
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3 Ways to Create a Culture of Feedback
No one wants to feel lost, particularly your employees. It wastes time, bring unwanted stress, and ultimately kills whatever purpose or focus that existed prior. Unfortunately, this it what is happening with your employees when feedback doesn’t fit into the equation in the workplace. Enter:…
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Our 2012 Workforce Predictions
Strategic Human Resources and Talent Management recently released their predictions for 2012, which included points such as employee engagement taking center stage, corporate training continuing to transform, and the movement within organizations to focus on career development. Here at WorkSimple, we thought we’d make our own…
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4 Statistics That Prove Performance Reviews Don’t Work for the Modern Worker
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone reading this blog post that I’m not a big fan of performance reviews. Whether they’re annual, bi-annual, or once every time your workforce has a little mishap, performance reviews are an ineffective way to evaluate, motivate, and…
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Performance For Small Teams in Big Companies
Picture this: you’re the head of a small team in a big company and you’ve been tasked at handling some pretty major objectives. Trouble is, because you’re essentially the little guy, it’s a a bit harder to prove your worth because you’re not in the…
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