$3B Software Company CEO Shares Secrets to Driving Team Performance
Aron Ain rose through the ranks at Kronos, playing a role in nearly every department before becoming CEO. He recently oversaw a merger and now leads 12,000 employees throughout the globe, and 3x revenue growth. We asked Aron about the relationship between good leadership, engaged employees, and business results. In his experience they are inextricably […]
Want High-Performing Employees? Change How You Give Feedback
Feedback drives employee performance and engagement—when it’s given the right way. What does good feedback look like? In his book Positive Leadership, University of Michigan management professor, Kim Cameron, demonstrates that honest and candid feedback helps employees perform better and develop resilience. Indeed, feedback in the workplace has many benefits, including the growth of employees […]
Stop Managing Performance. Start Improving It
Say you’re the COO of a growing startup. Since you joined the company, you’ve been ensuring it meets its objectives and even grows by setting Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and using them to track your people’s progress. That was until the coronavirus pandemic hit. Since then, everything has changed. Your workforce has moved to entirely […]
Making Performance Reviews Work For Everyone
It’s time to turn performance reviews from a one-sided event that makes employees cringe, into a mutual learning process that drives improvement. Does anyone enjoy performance reviews? Does anyone find value in this annual get-together between manager and employee, where goals are rated on a 5-point scale, and the results are locked away in some […]
Corporate Culture & Employee Retention
How to address employee unrest and high turnover Good companies invest in their employees.
The reason is obvious.
Guest Post: Building a Continuous Improvement Culture to Enable Smart Growth
Managing a startup is always complex with different periods of growth bringing unique sets of challenges and opportunities.