Company Culture
5 examples of manager goals to prioritize
When you establish specific goals at both the organizational and team levels, you instill accountability and purpose in your direct reports.
Brian Madge · 7 min read
Managing
Employee Engagement
Running effective remote team meetings without causing burnout
If you’re like many companies, you’re past the remote work honeymoon phase. Video conferencing is no longer foreign, nor is it a fun novelty at this point. You’ve figured out where the mute button is and how many cats your coworker owns. You still need people on the same page, but like a parent wielding…
Andrew Barks · 8 min read
Company Culture
The merits of no-meeting blocks when leading remote teams
No-meeting blocks are a great way to foster better remote work habits. Here are three reasons to consider implementing them within your organization.
Maribel Olvera · 4 min read
COVID
Tips for employee training when teams go remote
Employee training doesn’t stop just because of COVID-19. Here are some tips on how to keep your training programs on track when your team is remote.
Krishna Rajagopal · 4 min read
COVID
How to make remote team communication effective
In this new reality, it’s important to have great remote team communication. Follow these steps to keep your team in sync—and navigate today’s challenges.
David Silbert · 8 min read
People Management
What would your employees say about their remote work-life balance?
When your workforce goes remote, work-life balance can become a major challenge. Here are five things you can say to your employees to help.
Erin Balsa · 5 min read
People Management
5 tips for remote management in uncertain times
Remote management has its own set of distance-related challenges—and in these anxious times, added complexities. Here are five best practices for managers.
Victor Lipman · 3 min read
Employee Engagement
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…
Jackie Dube · 5 min read
Organization Design
The cost of strategic disagreement
Strategic disagreement comes at a high cost. Learn how to identify strategic disagreement and align leaders around strategy in this blog.
Olivier Aries · 4 min read
People Management
The top 5 skills managers are lacking
The 2019 People Management Report surveyed more than 3,000 people about their managers. These are the top 5 skills employees think their managers lack.
Shannon Howard · 2 min read
People Management
25 people manager stats you need to know
In August 2019, The Predictive Index® conducted a survey to ask 1,038 employees from 13 industries about their managers. This is what we found.
Shannon Howard · 3 min read
People Management
How managers can support high-performing and underperforming employees
Managers are responsible for supporting all employees—not just high performers. Here are six strategies to motivate and support each employee.
Sophia Bernazzani · 5 min read
People Management
How to give a meaningful performance review
Hiring a new employee is just the beginning. To ensure your new hire is successful, they need clear metrics for success and measures of accountability.
Rich Weiss · 5 min read