How Automated Performance Reviews Can Help Managers
A recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index indicated that because employees are not engaged, organizations lose about $300 billion in productivity. Other reports illustrated that while employees want to make progress at work, 95 percent of managers put progress last. This obvious disconnect doesn’t do much to…
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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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A Cure for Performance Review Blues?
“The majority of employees hate performance reviews,” writes Jeff Haden in an article on Inc.com. “The majority of managers hate them, too.” So what’s a better way to evaluate employees? Perhaps by making performance more social and using tools like WorkSimple. Check out the full…
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7 Ways That Organizations Can Benefit From Social Performance
The latest numbers are in and it’s not looking good: 63 percent of all workers are not engaged in their current job environments and are struggling to keep up with work. At the base of these results comes a very interesting perspective on these high numbers —…
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What the Olympics Can Teach Us About Career Management
With the 2012 Summer Olympics in full swing, we can all learn a lot from one of the most established sporting events in history. Not only are these seasoned athletes some of the most focused players around, they also know a thing or two about…
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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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WorkSimple 4.0 is here!
Hey Everybody! We’re really excited to finally launch our biggest release to-date: WorkSimple 4.0. It’s been quite a journey: launching our first personal performance edition, incorporating our best ideas, and of course taking your feedback to launch a release that’s simple, powerful, and beautiful. There…
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WorkSimple: A Social App To Help You Set & Accomplish Goals
Sometimes just having a goal is not enough. People often set goals for themselves only to abandon them later. But people who get support and encouragement from others to accomplish their goals often stick with their aim and finish what they set out to do.…
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Manage Your Career With WorkSimple
“Just about everything career-related is becoming integrated with social networking sites, in one way or another, and as employers are increasingly turning to social recruiting to attract and find job applicants, there are tools you can use to combine social media, job hunting and growing your career,” writes About.com’s Alison Doyle.…
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7 Easy Ways to Improve Employee Morale
A happy and engaged workplace is a successful workplace. However, if your employees are disgruntled and have low morale, it could be disastrous for your organization. According to a recent SHRM survey, although 83 percent of respondents felt satisfied in their jobs, only 68 percent of those felt passion and…
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