Why 'going back' to the office is the wrong language and possibly the wrong choice for employee engagement

In preparing workers to go back to work after COVID-19 some workplaces are giving out negative messages about the employee experience that workers are going back to, whilst others are using language and behaviours to engage their people. What is the difference, and which kind of workplace are you leading, or working in? Our waste wheel process can help identify and embrace the change needed for workers to return to better ways of working than those they are used to. [More]

What can we learn from Marie Kondo (and Josh Bersin) when it comes to HR Tech?

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]

Are sterile goals preventing viral employee engagement?

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]