Goals: Are goals the only way (or even the best way) to motivate high performance? Give way to alternatives on your journey to Agile Performance Management 12 May 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, The Journey (1) Goal setting has been the de facto standard for motivating high performance. Consultants and traditionalists advocate SMART goals, and startups favour the variant of Objective and Key Results (OKR's) made famous by Google. What if you've found goals don't inspire your people, or you've found goals are the predominant cause of stress in your workplace? Are there alternatives to goals and how can people do their best work without goals? We propose 2 alternatives. [More]
10 top strategies for creating micro-learning content that works. 02 May 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management (0) Micro-learning is getting a lot of good press but not all micro-learning is created equal. Talking heads, clickbait, advertorials, broken links, outdated advice and clutter are starting to tarnish public platforms that employ poor content curation. Here are 10 top tips to make sure your learning content is a hit with learners to stand above the growing crowd. [More]
Translating employee satisfaction into a better bottom line: The 4A Framework for productive employee experience 17 April 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, The Journey (0) What are the essential ingredients to an employee experience that improves business results? We distil this into 4 pillars of employee satisfaction that will turn your employee experience into higher profits and greater loyalty. [More]
The Feedback Learning Continuum: Feedback as fuel for learning, and learning as fuel for feedback 08 April 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management (1) Performance management is an on-going process that is fueled by repeating cycles of feedback and learning. Find out how the feedback learning continuum can help your people to become lifelong learners. [More]
Effective survey form design to get higher response rates and better data 04 March 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, Product Announcements (0) Most best practices in form design are related to web forms for simple calls to action like subscribing to a list or signing up for a service. Form design for survey forms such as employee engagement surveys, stay and exit interviews, polls, pulse, feedback and performance review forms needs a different set of best practices. Learn 10 best practices in survey form design to improve your survey response rates and data quality. [More]