Kazoo

JUNE 27, 2018

This year’s event held in Chicago brought together 22,000 HR professionals for several days of networking, keynote presentations, breakout sessions and fun. As a technology provider to the HR industry, we attend many different conferences throughout the year, both large and small. Connect with HR industry professionals.

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Kazoo

OCTOBER 4, 2017

We’re getting ready for HR Technology Conference & Exposition next week Tuesday through Thursday at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Yes, the HR Tech puppies are back.) Can’t Miss Breakout Session – How to Manage a Geographically, Generationally and Culturally Diverse Workforce With HR Tech. The post Going to HR Tech?

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

How well do you know the people behind HighGround? Today we cornered Gina Slesar for her thoughts on working at HighGround. How’d you get your start at HighGround? I joined HighGround in February 2015. I researched some local startups and found HighGround. Here’s her story.

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Can employees request feedback at any time or do they need to wait until the quarterly check-in? Yes, employees have the ability to request feedback at any time and it doesn’t necessarily need to correlate to a check-in. HighGround offers a variety of feedback types including: Group feedback. Project retrospectives.

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Kazoo

JUNE 20, 2017

When an organization declares its values through a mission statement, employees are clear on what’s important to the company. If the company mission and values aren’t reflected in everyday work and interactions, employees will grow increasingly skeptical and resentful whenever they’re mentioned.

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Kazoo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

We can only be talking about one thing – HR Tech is almost here! 2018 has certainly been a busy year for us at HighGround, and this year’s HR Tech will be a special one for us as we make our conference debut with YouEarnedIt. HR Tech is kicking things off with an opening reception pub crawl on Tuesday from 5-7 pm.

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Kazoo

JULY 19, 2018

Together, we have the best opportunity to deliver a world-class employee experience platform. Why HighGround, Why YouEarnedIt, Why Now? A great mission, an innovative product and a talented team are all important components of great companies, but a key ingredient of our success has been our partnership with customers.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

So far we’ve discussed how the complexity of your organization and various technology costs have an impact on your decision to build a recognition and rewards program in-house or hire a solution provider. This post dives into the technology side of your program and how it can also be impacted by your decision.

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Kazoo

JULY 17, 2018

You’ve identified your needs, researched HR strategies, chosen a technology partner and launched your real-time performance management and/or social recognition platform. These can be specific to company events or milestones or celebrate new products or services. Your job here is done, right?

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 28, 2016

This year’s HR Technology Conference in Chicago hosted the inaugural “Women in HR Tech” event. It was a half-day of discussion about being a woman in today’s technology driven business world. If you want to read more about the takeaways, check out these posts: Your Employees are the Absolute Best Recruiters.

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Kazoo

JUNE 8, 2017

It’s usually pretty easy for anyone in a company to identify those kind of bad managers even if they don’t’ report directly to them. With this solution in place, HR can ask questions like: Is one manager consistently ignoring requests from his or her team for 1-on-1 conversations? appeared first on HighGround.

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Kazoo

MARCH 1, 2018

Yes, Silicon Valley technology companies can be hard to compete against for these very reasons. The results can be found in the HighGround Meaningful Work Study 2018. The study answers the most pressing questions to help HR leaders understand and create meaning for employees. How do growing companies maintain meaning?

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UpstartHR

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In today’s episode of We’re Only Human, I talk with Autumn Spehar, HR Director at Stout Advisory, about how her company made a radical change in its approach to performance management. Check out the show below: Show Notes Performance management is one of the most hated HR systems in existence.

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Kazoo

MAY 29, 2019

Last month when we launched Kazoo (formerly YouEarnedIt/HighGround), we also announced Paul Pellman as our new CEO. We had a few burning questions for him at this exciting juncture in the company’s history and we want to help you to get to know him. So without further ado, meet Paul! Q&A with Kazoo CEO Paul Pellman.

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 18, 2016

(Editor’s Note: This post is brought to you by HighGround , the employee development and engagement platform leader. They were named one of the Next Great Technology Companies at this year’s HR Technology Conference and Expo in Chicago. 5 Things Companies Should Do for Their Management Teams.

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Kazoo

MAY 22, 2017

HR leaders recognize the importance of employee engagement strategies and the emergence of technology solutions facilitating them. It’s been difficult to articulate the benefits of an employee engagement solution when leadership clings to common misconceptions about the problem and how it can be solved. Gallup ).

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Kazoo

JULY 10, 2016

It’s no secret that HR departments understand why they need to focus on better employee engagement but the focus has now shifted to how to actually make change. Research has consistently shown that performance appraisals are found be painful and don’t work. So how can HR ease this transition to an employee-focused approach?

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

When it comes to choosing performance management technology providers, HR executives have a much more difficult decision to make than their corporate counterparts who oversee departments with more standard, established processes. HR leaders have three unique challenges. Technology. First, no two businesses are alike.

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Kazoo

DECEMBER 4, 2018

From goal setting and feedback to performance conversations and annual reviews, no two processes look exactly the same from one company to the next. Yet, there is a common denominator for organizations with high-performing teams – technology. HR technology is one of the most innovative categories of tech today.

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Kazoo

AUGUST 15, 2017

While each company is unique, there are benefits to a feedback culture almost across the board. Here’s five companies that are getting it right. They credit HighGround’s platform with helping them get comfortable with the feedback process to ultimately improve their performance. Lieberman Research Worldwide.

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Kazoo

APRIL 27, 2016

Research from David Rock, Josh Davis and Beth Jones of the Neuroleadership Institute has proven that stacked ranking systems lead to high levels of frustration, less willingness to take risks and colleagues working against each other. Neurological research has shown that numerical ratings can: trigger a fight or flight response.

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Kazoo

MARCH 2, 2022

After 3-plus years at the helm of the leading employee experience platform, Pellman has announced his retirement. A former Google executive, Paul was named CEO in 2018 of the newly formed Kazoo (the combination of YouEarnedIt and HighGround – two market leaders in the HR technology industry).

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Never worry about the laggards right away – aim to make them the minority and then circle back only after the majority is using your tools most of the time. For companies currently following more traditional processes, where do you recommend they start? Yes, we structure our feedback template through the HighGround tool.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

What does it do for a company? I like to think of brand as the expression of a company’s core characteristics, trait, or “personality.” Yes, it includes the company logo and color palette – but it’s so much more. Brand is feeling you get when you see a company logo or use a particular product.

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Kazoo

MARCH 27, 2018

And second, to share how one company was able to take modern processes and tools and implement them in a non-disruptive, culturally-aligned way. Companies are using digital tools to operate in a much more agile way. We are inundated by technology, effectively overwhelmed by data tools, communication channels and more.

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

The Grammy’s, first held in 1959, recently announced that this year’s winners will receive the iconic gramophone trophy with a GoPro camera inserted at the base. Instead, a scrolling list of everyone the winner would like to thank will appear at the bottom of television screens. So what does this have to do with HR?

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Kazoo

JUNE 2, 2016

But many organizations don’t have an engagement solution that gives managers an easy, public way to extend appreciation to their team. Almost half of HR managers say that recognition and rewards programs are an important retention strategy, especially for high performers. Check out the rest of the infographic to learn more.

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The good news is that with the right tools in place, you’ll get immediate access to “people data” that will give you and your CEO an immediate 360-degree view of your organization. Now, HR can finally catch up. Today, analytics are empowering HR with the same holistic view into employee engagement. This scenario isn’t uncommon.

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Kazoo

MAY 16, 2017

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HR industry news you might have missed. What Emma Stone Can Teach Companies About Employee Recognition & Feedback. Have you ever said to someone, “Let’s touch base soon”? Vote for HighGround as Favorite New Product.

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Kazoo

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From case studies and webinars to tip sheets and reports, the HighGround resource library is constantly updated with new content that helps HR leaders launch and optimize great performance management and recognition programs. Here’s a look at the top five most-downloaded HR resources from 2018. State of Meaningful Work [study].

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The Tim Sackett Project

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I’m at ‘The’ HR Technology Conference this week in Chicago. The companies that got chosen were all winners (that’s what we say when we feel bad for the losers!): Invesitpro – Employee relations investigation software. LifeWorks – Employee engagement app and recognition.

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Kazoo

JUNE 27, 2017

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HR industry news you might have missed. At HighGround, we invest in our employees every day. Check out our new blog which highlights how Virtuoso uses HighGround to invest in theirs. Artificial Intelligence Comes to HR as a Conversation.

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Kazoo

APRIL 18, 2016

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well and HR industry news you might have missed. HighGround is Hiring: Beyond the Job Description . You might have noticed that HighGround is growing. You can check out our current openings here , but you might want to know more about our culture.

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Kazoo

OCTOBER 30, 2017

For many HR executives, these fall months means one thing: planning for the year ahead. To make the most informed decisions, they must look both outside and inside their own organizations and ask questions like “What’s working for other companies, and what’s not working for my own? And with good reason. Lack of data.

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Kazoo

JULY 11, 2016

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well and HR industry news you might have missed. Finding a dream job can mean finding the dream company. If you’re not giving regular feedback to your employees or answering their questions, they will find companies that will. What Makes the Ultimate Dream Job?

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Kazoo

MAY 18, 2017

Many companies think that simply checking the box on having a rewards program is good enough. What many HR leaders don’t realize that traditional approaches and technologies to little to engage employees and even worse, they’re actually wasting money along the way. appeared first on HighGround.

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Kazoo

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The authors point to a new future shaped by the gig economy and technological advances and, in this except, the implications of each: “The result of these trends is an even tighter labor market with new demands for developing and retaining top talent. The post 3 Must-Have’s for the Modern Employee in 2019 appeared first on HighGround.

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