How to Master Performance Management in your Hybrid Workplace

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Whether they knew it or not, all managers made a critical decision with their HR departments in mid-2020. Do we commit to a holistic performance management strategy for our newly remote staff, or do we improvise and take it day-to-day until the COVID pandemic disappears? Well, hindsight is 20/20 (no pun intended) and the right […]

How to Tackle Employee Burnout

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The structure of paid time off has never been in a stranger place than it’s been through 2020 and 2021. Anyone who’s kept their traditional jobs has undoubtedly wished to take a vacation over the past two years, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, such travel has been anywhere between inconsistent and impossible. For […]

Six Ways to Make Performance Reviews More Effective and Enjoyable

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Performance reviews are an essential part of managing a workplace effectively. That said, as vital as they are, the annual performance review carries with it a weight of notoriety and dread. Employees fear comments of undeserved reproach, and managers fear the discomfort of criticizing the team that they work to build a good relationship with. […]

What Should I Say in My Performance Review?

It’s finally here – your manager is about to call you in to review your recent performance. Even if you feel that you’ve had a solid year of work, you’re likely finding yourself a bit nervous.

Weekly One-on-Ones or Annual Performance Reviews?

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If you’ve spent any time researching ways to lead your team, you know how much emphasis is put on meeting with your employees individually. Developing relationships/trust, setting goals, and giving feedback are all done most effectively through personal discussions. There is some disagreement, however, over exactly what form these individual meetings should come in. The […]

How One-on-Ones Help Leaders Just as Much as Their Team

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For ages, managers believed that the most efficient way to communicate with their staff was to gather them all for a weekly team meeting. That sentiment has changed; now individual one-on-one meetings are equally as important. Leaders and Managers have found that they can more efficiently and accurately help employees when meeting with them personally, […]