Agile KPI's for the modern workplace 26 February 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, Product Announcements (0) The future of work looks different than in the past. Specifically, the speed of decisions, disruptive business models, use of remote workers and even the shift from permanent employees are factors that influence the way people must be provided with direction and held to account. Unlike conventional annual KPIs, agile KPIs change often, may not be cascaded from the corporation down through line managers, and may have diverse measurement not just dollars and counters. KPIs in the agile organisation have to be decentralised to keep pace. How can this be done whilst maintaining an overall view of performance across the orgnaisation? [More]
If we could just get managers talking with their people 13 February 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management (0) So many times we hear people and culture teams exasperated that they can't get managers to have meaningful conversations with their teams. They won't make time for check in's, they don't connect the work to purpose, they don't have an interest in what makes their people tick. The list goes on. The truth is this isn't one conversation, it's many and managers need tools to equip them to approach people leadership topics without fear. We've found that 9 modes of interaction are needed to support the kinds of conversations that you want to happen in your workplace. [More]
What can we learn from Marie Kondo (and Josh Bersin) when it comes to HR Tech? 29 January 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, Product Announcements (1) Your HR technology is probably a hairball of disparate systems or an unfriendly monolithic legacy unless you've been re-engineering with a focus on platforms. This adds to the overwhelm your employees may experience and does not deliver the seamless employee experience they expect.If you need to unravel your systems learn how some principles of minimalism can help you to channel your inner Marie Kondo.This will help you move towards a well-designed HR Technology architecture that is based around a modern Employee Experience Platform (EXP). [More]
Opening Up: Embedding in the moment HR into the employee experience 14 November 2018 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, Product Announcements (0) Immersive employee experiences require integration which should be achievable without the expense and time of involving the IT department. Here's how we support low friction employee engagement and news of some recent advancements we've made in being easy to integrate. [More]
Are sterile goals preventing viral employee engagement? 10 September 2018 David-Perks Agile Performance Management (0) When it comes to inspiring people through goals, the old approach of setting SMART goals often misses the key to engaging staff with goals.If you align the persons life goals and strengths to the needs of the organisation, you end in a much better place of buy-in.Think of it as needs and strengths alignment, not goal alignment and you can take a SMARTER approach to your goal setting process. [More]