12 Apr 2021 | Communication, Engagement, Performance management
Everybody has potential. Yet, companies have been struggling for decades. How do you identify it? For more than 50 years, consultancies like BCG and McKinsey are offering their views. Created in 1968, the growth share matrix prioritises business according to their...
15 Mar 2021 | Communication, Employment Law, Performance management
The big wave of layoffs seems to be behind many of us. Still, difficult conversations are far from being over. An employee’s performance has dropped or there’s conflict amongst team members. While many leaders don’t want to hold these tough conversations, there’s no...
1 Mar 2021 | Communication, Engagement, Performance management, Total Rewards
We’ve heard it again this week. Zoom fatigue is real. Unfortunately, so is burnout and more and more individuals are heading towards it. What is the problem? While the term “burnout” was coined in the 1970s, it wasn’t always clear what it is. The World Health...
22 Feb 2021 | Communication, Engagement, Flexible Working, Performance management
Employees are starving for feedback, managers are longing for high-performance team and yet, communication around performance is one of the most often avoided topics. Nobody wants to be the bad guy when providing constructive feedback. While in recent times, sharing...
6 Dec 2020 | Engagement, Performance management, Total Rewards
Traditionally, performance discussion focused on the past. While goals were set at the beginning of the performance cycle, managers all too often dreaded giving feedback or discussing developmental opportunities. Training departments have created and executed...
29 Nov 2020 | Communication, Flexible Working, Performance management
A crisis accelerates innovation. As we’re coming to the end of the year, many of us will reflect on the most unusual year. We’ll review what we’ve learnt, how we’ve grown and what we can continue going forward. This may have been challenging year (to put it mildly)....
