Why 'going back' to the office is the wrong language and possibly the wrong choice for employee engagement 21 June 2020 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, News (0) 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]
The journey to create an agile organisation 16 August 2019 David-Perks Agile Performance Management, The Journey (0) Agile organisations are fluid, tactical, experimental, responsive, flexible ok with lessons learned from failure; many things that traditional organisations struggle with.To build a contemporary organisation and culture with agility at its heart is a direct challenge to 'the way we've always done things around here'.It's a journey. This is your map to get through it. [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 (2) 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? 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]
A proposal to rebuild trust of Australian Banks following the Royal Commission 29 April 2018 David-Perks (0) The Royal Commission into Australian Banks has revealed some pretty unscrupulous behaviour and already CEO heads have rolled, but what can banks now do to re-establish trust with customers who will need to see a return to values to believe it? We believe review of individual employee performance based on customer experience can play a significant role in driving accountability. [More]