The New Feedback & Coaching App
Today, feedback is typically between a manager and an employee. And let’s face it: it’s not happening as much as it should. It’s one of the main complaints employees have about their jobs: “can I get a little more feedback please?” We spent some time…
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Employee Recognition Takes Us Higher
It’s fun to quote bad lyrics to songs on a Friday. In fact this one comes to mind, doesn’t it? And for our purposes today, so does this one. I wonder what Scott Stapp from Creed is doing at this very minute. Watching Family Guy?…
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4 Ways to Revive Your Team
A recent infographic illustrated how professionals can actually kill their productivity by seemingly normal activities, such as multitasking and long to-do lists. For many, these low levels of productivity can stall careers, leading to reduced levels of engagement and unhappiness, sucking the life out of…
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Set Goals, 2012 Olympic Style
“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.” – Kerri Walsh Let’s just cut to the chase. Olympians know how to set goals and reach them. If there were ever a time…
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Setting Social Goals
The 4.0 Release of WorkSimple offers a reworking of goal setting with a focus on simplicity and usability. Most people will stick with creating agile goals that are prioritized for “now”. In this case, the most important thing is to be able to quickly get…
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Setting Team Focus
WorkSimple’s 4.0 Release introduced a new way to set the agenda for your team: Team Focus. Setting team focus helps communicate to the team members (as well as outside your team) the direction you want to go. Besides helping teammates understand direction, team focus also…
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Why is Employee Loyalty So Hard to Achieve?
According to a recent Forbes article, 76 percent of full-time workers, while not actively looking for a new job, would leave their current workplace if the right opportunity came along. The article also goes on to highlight that on average, a company may lose anywhere…
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6 Ways to Retain Remote Workers
Working from home is a growing phenomenon in the modern work arena. A virtual workforce offers many benefits for employers — for instance, it reduces major office costs. Employees also enjoy the flexibility of being able to work from home and not having to spend hours…
Back to TopSocial Goals vs. SMART Goals: 3 Benefits of Going Social
1981 was a good year. It kicked off a brand new decade; the Delorean was the car of the future; MTV was born launching big hair and a industry change; the PC was launched along with video games; the top song was Hall & Oates…
Back to TopGet Focused! 3 Ways to Drive Engagement with Focus Boards
Sometimes, employees just have a hard time getting focused. Whether it’s because they aren’t into a project or because they didn’t get enough sleep last night, getting focused while driving engagement and setting the right goals is a hard feat for any manager. Sure, you…
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