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Leadership

6 personal growth goals to thrive at work

Discover the benefits of personal growth goals for managers, HR leaders, and employees. Get inspired by these top personal growth goals.

Adam Wells · 8 min read

Hiring

What is cognitive thinking?

Learn what cognitive thinking is and how diverse thinking styles boost innovation, problem-solving, and team performance in the workplace.

Adam Wells · 6 min read

Great leaders must make an effort to continuously learn to control their ego.
People Management

Communication training for managers

Communication training for managers builds employee relationships and supports business goals. Give managers tools to become great leaders with PI for managers.

· 7 min read

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People Management

State of Talent Optimization takeaways: Empowering managers through the right data

You need to make time to train and develop leaders at every level. Strengthen your bench, by equipping managers with the sort of data that helps them better understand their people’s behaviors.

Andrew Barks · 3 min read

Leadership

Essential soft skills for effective leadership

We discuss some of the most essential soft skills for effective leadership, including what they are, and how HR professionals can benefit.

· 6 min read

Business Strategy

Key skills to become a better HR leader

Discover the top HR skills every professional should know to be a stronger HR professional. Includes recommendations on how to develop those skills further.

· 7 min read

Leadership comes in many forms.
Leadership

How to overcome these most common leadership challenges

Learn about the common leadership challenges professionals face internally and externally, as well as solutions to complex people problems.

· 8 min read

A manager using PI Perform to lead an effective meeting with her direct reports
People Management

Calling all quiet leaders: Use PI Perform to manage with confidence.

Ever feel pressured to “speak up” to succeed as a manager? Learn how PI Perform can help you lead projects or teams as your authentic self.

David Silbert · 5 min read

People Management

10 key management skills that elevate great managers

Good managers take the time to hone a set of skills – ranging from hard and soft, technical and social, and so forth – that allow them to respond quickly, empathetically, and intelligently to a variety of situations.

· 11 min read

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Leadership

19 essential HR KPIs and metrics for executives

Love them or hate them, KPIs have become an essential way for HR leaders to assess the effectiveness of their initiatives, and guide their strategic decisions.

· 12 min read

Business Strategy

PI Perform’s Manager Analytics Dashboard helps monitor and develop operational excellence

The Manager Analytics Dashboard in PI Perform gives team leaders a comprehensive pulse for how they’re adhering to management best practices, answering questions before they’re asked.

· 3 min read

Leadership

Smile! You’re On Camera [Perspectives recap]

Transparency has become a hot topic for employers and employees alike. For this month’s episode of the Perspectives webinar series powered by The Predictive Index, we decided to set our sights on the transparency topic.

Matt Poepsel, PhD · 5 min read

Company Culture

Slack holes: How Slack communication affects workplace productivity

If you work in tech, or your office has adopted a remote or hybrid way of working, there’s a good chance you’ve used Slack before and understand the benefits as well as the pitfalls, such as Slack holes and ‘always-on’ communication.

· 12 min read

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People Management

8 questions that need to be on every manager evaluation form

No one has a more immediate impact on employee engagement, productivity, and workplace satisfaction than direct managers of staff. Yet, most performance evaluation models are top-down—employees receive feedback from the people they report to, but managers rarely receive feedback from the people they manage. In fact, many companies don’t utilize manager evaluation forms at all. Good employees…

Jackie Dube · 5 min read

People Management

With PI Perform, “Better Work, Better World” is closer than ever.

We launched PI Perform in February, and we’re thrilled with the reception so far. Here’s how Perform is helping us achieve Better Work.

Mike Zani · 6 min read