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. Tell us a bit about your everyday life at HighGround.

HighGround

Kazoo

JULY 7, 2016

What we’ve learned here is that it’s always a good time to re-consider your engagement strategy. The post 27 Moments When You Should ReThink Your Employee Engagement Strategy appeared first on HighGround.

Employee Engagement

Kazoo

MARCH 31, 2016

Employee engagement is talked about often but rarely clearly defined. and Dean Carter, VP of Human Resources and Shared Services for Patagonia recently co-hosted a webinar with the Human Capital Institute called, “ It’s Time to Rethink Your Employee Engagement Strategy. What does employee engagement mean?

Employee Engagement

Kazoo

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

As a result, banks, hedge funds, trading firms and insurance companies – traditionally conservative organizations – have been pioneers in embracing new, progressive approaches to performance management and engagement. The post Navigating Engagement and Performance Management in the Finance Sector appeared first on HighGround.

Performance Management

Kazoo

JANUARY 18, 2017

When employees are excelling at their work and growing as professionals, they’re more likely to be engaged and invested in their employer. Unfortunately, traditional performance management processes of the past won’t do anything to change performance. Employers can influence performance in a number of ways.

Employee Engagement

Kazoo

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

You’ve spent time and energy developing a new employee engagement strategy. It is HR’s job to care about employee engagement, right? The CEO and senior leadership team set the tone for how the company values are carried out, how employees interact and even how often your employment engagement tools are used.

Employee Engagement

Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Recently we wrapped up an amazing new project, the 2017 Lighthouse Research Performance Management, Engagement, and Business Results study. Hat tip to the great team at HighGround for underwriting the webinar and upcoming report delving into the research. 14% more likely to focus on employee strengths.

Company

Kazoo

MARCH 21, 2016

You’ve sent your costly annual employee engagement survey to the entire company. Good news: there’s a better way to use an employee survey to get meaningful, honest, actionable feedback from your workforce. Once a survey tool like this is in place, you can improve your organization’s engagement scores year-over-year.

Survey

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. Four Factors to Drive High-Impact Performance Management [webinar].

HighGround

Kazoo

DECEMBER 30, 2016

A focus on performance development and facilitating of your team members’ growth for the next step will help make internal promotions more possible. You can use your performance management or employee engagement software to set and track goals without micromanaging.

Hiring Software

Kazoo

AUGUST 8, 2016

How Can HR Drive High Employee Engagement? HighGround founder and CEO, Vip Sandhir, shares his thoughts on employee engagement, the power of HR insights and the responsibility of executives to drive employee engagement strategies. Are your employees working hard or hardly working?

HighGround

Kazoo

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

What Arthur Blank’s Super Bowl Generosity Can Teach You About Boosting Employee Engagement. The Atlanta Falcons may have lost the Super Bowl but their owner did something remarkable beforehand that can teach companies the importance of recognizing and engaging employees. Middle managers often get a bad rap.

HighGround

Kazoo

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HighGround in the news. A Brief History of Why Performance Management Fails to Improve Performance. If you dread your performance review each year, you’re not alone. How Can HR Drive High Employee Engagement? Expert Q&A.

HighGround

Kazoo

AUGUST 11, 2016

Over the past few weeks, I’ve blogged about different aspects of employee engagement that illustrate how today’s multigenerational workforce has more in common than you might think. Outdated performance management strategies such as annual reviews slow progress and disengage employees of all ages.

HighGround

Kazoo

JULY 11, 2016

Organizations are moving toward continuous, ongoing feedback as the new form of performance management. If you’re not giving regular feedback to your employees or answering their questions, they will find companies that will. 27 Moments When You Should ReThink Your Employee Engagement Strategy.

HighGround

Kazoo

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Today, analytics are empowering HR with the same holistic view into employee engagement. Solutions like HighGround offer visibility into three major areas: Performance Management – Organizations that move toward a frequent cadence of performance development get richer data. Now, HR can finally catch up.

HighGround

Kazoo

MAY 23, 2016

Employees also responded to a separate questionnaire, called the Employee Engagement Survey , that tackles their sentiment in four key areas: employee engagement, career development, total rewards and work environment. To earn a spot on the list, companies shared a bit about their HR practices. That’s a given.

Survey

Kazoo

JUNE 8, 2017

In the workplace, when a manager ditches a 1-on-1 meeting with an employee, it not only sends a strong message to the employee but it might suggest a deeper issue. Do employees on a particular team regularly solicit feedback from someone other than their direct manager? appeared first on HighGround.

HighGround

Kazoo

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Before resorting to Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs), managers should reflect on the feedback they’re giving underperforming employees. Check out our blog for tips on establishing an environment where employees and managers can work collaboratively on goals. Moving Away from Stacked Rankings?

HighGround

Kazoo

JUNE 29, 2016

For this reason, organizations are moving toward continuous, ongoing feedback as the new form of performance management. Facilitating frequent conversations between employees and managers creates more open, honest relationships. appeared first on HighGround. Check out her first post in the series here. **.

HighGround

Lighthouse

JANUARY 9, 2023

Talent Management and Employee Engagement. Perceptyx acquired Cultivate for AI-powered coaching to support action-oriented planning that integrates into the flow of employee listening strategies. Compensation Management Technology.

Hiring Software

Kazoo

MARCH 30, 2016

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HighGround in the news. Our CEO, Vip Sandhir, spoke with Business News Daily about simple ways that employees can be more productive at work. Whether you’re already a manager or would like to be, read these six signs that show you’ve got what it takes to lead.

HighGround

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. Here are two changes that can be made to help increase employee engagement. Implement employee-created, agile and transparent goals.

HR Software

Kazoo

MAY 16, 2017

What Emma Stone Can Teach Companies About Employee Recognition & Feedback. Here’s what we learned from Emma Stone about employee engagement (seriously). 6 Things Good CEOs Always To Do Connect With Employees. Share these six tips for helping your C-suite better engage with employees.

HighGround

Kazoo

MAY 30, 2018

Real-time feedback wins the award for biggest game changer in the world of modern performance management. While we know that yesterday’s processes won’t work for today’s employees, the thought of overhauling your HR strategy can be daunting. Employees are looking for development opportunities. Enter real-time feedback.

Assessment Software

Kazoo

MAY 2, 2016

Executive Summary: Transform Employee Performance for Continuous Engagement. Need a quick primer on Forrester’s latest research on performance management and employee engagement? Slideshow] The Power of Praise on Employee Happiness.

HighGround

Kazoo

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The blog brings together HR practitioners through forums, groups and blog posts to present ideas to improve strategies for recruiting, employee engagement and performance management. The post Analyze THIS: What HR Experts Shared in September appeared first on HighGround.

HighGround

Kazoo

AUGUST 22, 2016

Going for Employee Engagement Gold. By setting and tracking goals, working as a team and recognizing your peers’ success, you’ll earn your employee engagement strategy the gold medal. Our CEO, Vip Sandhir, offers his insights on why real-time, continuous engagement is valuable for every generation in the workplace.

HighGround

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).

HR Software

Kazoo

JUNE 6, 2016

A recent Business 2 Community article reported, “In real terms, it’s somewhere around 150% of an employee’s salary. The best time to start addressing employee engagement is… yesterday, actually. If your company has significant hiring plans, you can’t afford to implement an engagement strategy next year.

Video Recruiting

Kazoo

OCTOBER 30, 2017

For 2018, there’s a clear front runner: 79% of executives say redesigning their performance management strategy is a high priority. 90% of companies that have done so see direct improvements in engagement. 83% say they see the quality of conversations between employees and managers going up. And with good reason.

HR Software

Kazoo

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Publicly recognizing top performers, as well as rewarding them commensurately – be it in a title change, incentive or another type of reward – will keep employees positively engaged and satisfied. The post Using Employee Feedback Data to Train the Next Generation of Management appeared first on HighGround.

Hiring Software

The Tim Sackett Project

OCTOBER 5, 2016

RolePoint – Employee referral automation talking about their new product for internal Talent Mobility. LifeWorks – Employee engagement app and recognition. HighGround – Performance management reinvented, very cool UX. Click Boarding – Onboarding, but very personalized.

HR Software

Kazoo

JANUARY 26, 2017

Encourage your employees and managers to collaborate on agile goals — and make sure they have the mechanisms and support in place to adjust them when necessary. Resolution 2: Changing Performance Management Processes. We’ll be sharing tips and tricks to take the guesswork out of improving the employee experience.

HR Software

Kazoo

JULY 27, 2016

Candidates who understand your goals and values – and are attracted to you because of them – turn into employees that help put them into practice. Take the guesswork out of determining employee happiness by starting an engagement program. Don’t assume that employees realize and will unlock their own potential.

HighGround

Kazoo

AUGUST 4, 2016

If an organization is trying to shift their culture in any way, for example, recruiters play a big role in helping to do so by bringing in new employees that have those desired traits. On the other end of the spectrum, the processes developed by HR determine whether or not an employee is fired. The post What Does HR Actually Mean?

HR Software

Advos

DECEMBER 30, 2016

BetterWorks Raises $20 Million Series B to Power Goals, Strategy and Performance Across the Enterprise. HighGround Closes $7.6M GamEffective raises $7 million to gamify worker performance. Bonfyre Raises $4 Million in Funding, Accelerating Growth of Employee Engagement Platform. million to target small businesses.

Recruiting Software