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Continuous performance management (CPM) is a system that evaluates and provides feedback to employees on an ongoing basis. This system helps organisations improve the performance of their staff by providing them with timely, relevant, and actionable feedback. It allows employees to take control of their development by providing new systems for both training and evaluation. …

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Performance management is a topic that gets a lot of negative press. It’s often seen as a means of punishing people who are not performing well but performance management should be about recognising the good in your people too. In this blog post, we will discuss some ways to make sure your organisation has an …

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Strong morale in the workplace is a difficult thing to achieve – and yet it’s worth every ounce of effort you put into boosting it. A team with high morale will work independently, innovate together, and elevate your business to the next level. Your employees will stay longer, and will enthusiastically engage with training schemes.  …

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Balancing our working lives and our social lives is increasingly at the forefront of the workplace conversation in 2021. Faced with an extended pandemic and hundreds of millions of us working from home day to day, the need to find a balance between home life and work life has become ever more urgent. As jobs …

The Japanese concept of ikigai, and how can it change your life Read More »

Getting promoted in the workplace used to be simple. Fifty years ago, if you wanted to ascend to the top of a business, it was a simple matter of showing up to work every day, taking an interest, and paying your dues. In 2021, however, where remote working is possible and talent can be acquired …

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Society at large presses onto us the message that hard work is virtuous and makes us happy. And it’s true! But this sentiment really ought to come with a caveat: it’s rewarding to work hard for a cause you believe in. While there are some easy-going folks out there who can happily go their entire career without …

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At some point or other, we’ve all worked in a lacklustre office atmosphere. You know the sort—uncomfortable lunch hours seated in silence, forking listlessly at cold pasta crammed into Tupperware boxes; leaders swooping in only to shoot out reprimands before disappearing again for days at a time; sighs echoing audibly across the office floor while …

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Upskilling your workforce is pretty much a necessity in 2021. With technology developing so rapidly, in order for you to continue to grow and adapt as a business, your staff need to grow and adapt too. The question of how to upskill your workforce, however, is a bit of a tricky one. Which skills should …

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The benefits of making your employees feel valued can impact almost every aspect of your business. However, a huge percentage of leaders completely overlook this vital component of business, choosing instead to focus their efforts on lofty targets and grand new plans. The truth is, however, that without a workforce that feels valued—and therefore motivated …

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Sometimes inspiration can be found lacking in the workplace. There are a million reasons for this, of course. Perhaps a large and difficult task looms on the horizon. Perhaps the targets for the quarter haven’t been achieved. Or perhaps it’s just been raining for ages and everybody’s miffed about it. It doesn’t have to be …

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