Tag: employee performance

As governments urge employers to get their people back in the workplace and so maximise office space and boost ‘post-pandemic’ service/retail economies, the focus should not just be on ‘getting bums on seats’. We have called for managers to meet the challenges of a new world of work with flexibility and creativity.

The link between performance and employee engagement is proven, logical and compelling. And yet despite engagement ballooning into a billion-dollar industry, levels over the past eight years have remained consistently disappointing – the needle is not moving in any significant way.

We have released a Work Trend Index Special Report, 'Technology Can Help Unlock a New Future for Frontline Workers', and announced new features in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva designed to serve millions of frontline workers.

A year ago, I won CEO of the Year at the Future of HR Awards. That same year our business won Best Health and Wellness Strategy of The Year, and the year before that we’d won Corporate Wellness Champion of the Year. My team and I were on a high – thrilled to bits with our company’s success and recognition.

Is it time to sit with your employee for a face-to-face discussion on how well (or poorly) they are performing? Often, both managers and workers are not overly excited by the prospect of this sometimes awkward event. Dreading a performance conversation is generally a sign of a poorly designed performance management system or a manager who needs to be coached on delivering assessments.

We are taking the hybrid bull by the horns and stepping up to help other organisations formalise their hybrid working models. Is hybrid working the way forward, even beyond the pandemic? We share our take on the working approach that is fast becoming the norm and a possible differentiator for employers.

People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are often thought of as simply being hyperactive, distracted or generally disorganised. However, there is much more than meets the eye to this attention disorder that is usually associated with children but, interestingly, is also common in adults.

Lingering after effects of COVID-19 which persist for more than six weeks have been deemed 'Long COVID-19' by the World Health Organisation – and those holding down jobs need to manage their symptoms while being expected to return to work.

While the importance of mental and physical wellbeing is widely acknowledged, recent events have driven the message home hard. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the link between wellness and productivity due to Working From Home (WFH).

After months of managing the COVID-19 crisis, people and businesses are depending on the public sector to guide them through the next several months and possibly years of uncertainty. It’s time to capitalise on what’s been achieved via the new policies and service delivery models that were developed in response to the crisis.