Blog Posts by Jackie Dube
How to prevent AI from fragmenting your workplace culture
Most organizations are moving fast with AI adoption- maybe faster than their teams are ready for. The result is a workplace split in two. Some employees are “Shadow AI” power users, experimenting with every new tool they can find to speed up their workflows. Others are hesitant, waiting for permission, or actively resisting the change….
Lessons from a high-profile lawsuit: The importance of bias-free processes and documentation in HR
A recent lawsuit involving the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) highlights a critical lesson for organizations: It’s essential to have unbiased processes and thorough documentation in HR.
8 questions that need to be on every manager evaluation form
No one has a more immediate impact on employee engagement, productivity, and workplace satisfaction than direct managers of staff. Yet, most performance evaluation models are top-down—employees receive feedback from the people they report to, but managers rarely receive feedback from the people they manage. In fact, many companies don’t utilize manager evaluation forms at all. Good employees…
Executive perspective: The evolving hybrid workplace
A self-sustaining hybrid office is constantly adjusting. It requires maintenance, open-mindedness, and ideally, an employee-driven roadmap. We’ve learned a lot from our Field, Flow, and Studio employees.
3 best practices when moving to a hybrid work model
Explore our guide to the hybrid work model, and learn how to implement a post-pandemic hybrid work culture with your team.
Embrace the challenge: Modeling DEI with a sense of personal responsibility
Some of Tiffany Carter’s most important work at PI extends well beyond the quarterly key initiative window.
How to set goals that your team can achieve
Are you setting team goals, but coming up short? Rather than setting unattainable goals that are bound to fail, learn how to set team goals that your team can achieve.
How we’re evolving Better Work, Better World with our new remote work policy
At PI, we pride ourselves on being high achievers no matter the circumstances. But 2020 has challenged even the most resilient, hard-driving organizations. We’re no exception.
5 key takeaways from the Rethinking Your Business Strategy with Talent Optimization webinar
If you didn’t get the chance to attend the May 19 webinar, Rethinking Your Business Strategy with Talent Optimization, read this blog post to get key takeaways from each speaker you can implement immediately at your own organization. Key takeaway #1: Organize your talent for adaptability. JD Conway, Head of Talent Acquisition at BambooHR: “We’ve…
Building and maintaining culture with remote teams
Don’t let anyone fool you—company culture can be tough to define with a remote workforce. It takes a concerted effort, and even if you have flexible, experienced people, you still straddle a fine line. Go too heavy on the perks and icebreakers and you might come off as contrived. But remote teams require you to…
4 tips for successful internal promotions
Promoting from within has many benefits: retaining institutional knowledge, engaging employees, and building cross-functional skills, to name a few. But internal promotions can also cause people problems when not done well. Consider the top performer placed in a managerial role without the appropriate leadership skills. Or the individual contributors left behind who are resentful they…
How to perform a talent review
Completing a talent review helps companies uncover talent gaps and identify high potential employees. Follow these steps to complete your own talent review.
Reason #3 why good employees quit: team fit
There are four forces of employee disengagement and poor team fit is number three on the list. (Previously we’ve covered poor job fit and poor manager fit, which are reasons one and two.) Top organizations are built on high-functioning teams. That’s because a team that’s fully aligned is greater than the sum of its parts; team…
Reason #2 why good employees quit: manager fit
Why do good employees leave? One of the biggest reasons is a poor fit or relationship with their direct manager. Find out how to fix this problem.