Does your employee handbook need updating? You’ve come to the right place. Here is a handbook update checklist, including key updates needed for compliance and employee engagement. Read this for tips on how to create a handbook employees will want to read!

What is your 2023 People Strategy? What I mean by "people strategy" is what are your HR and Organizational Culture goals and plans to increase employee engagement and retention in 2023? Creating your People Strategy may seem like a daunting endeavor. To support you in your efforts, here are the succinct steps to take to build your 2023 People Strategy. These strategies can be applied at the organization level, department level, or even if you supervisor just one employee or if you supervise volunteers.

Creating systems for feedback (aka systemic feedback, continuous feedback, feedback loops, etc.) is a great way to make feedback with and among your team more frequent, effective, and comfortable! There is often discomfort that comes along with giving and receiving feedback, especially without having a lot of practice. Systemic feedback helps teams build trust, stay engaged, and work better together.

Would you agree that employee performance management is arguably the toughest part about being a leader? Hands down, the best tool I've found for increasing employee engagement and success is the "Performance Check-In." Read more here for: What to say in a performance check-in, the #1 way to make check-ins more effective, and tips for remote employee performance check-ins.

Do any of these leadership mistakes sound familiar to you? They do to me! Delivering difficult performance feedback is a skill. And like any skill it takes time to develop. It also takes ongoing training and practice. As a leader, I've made all 3 of these mistakes when delivering difficult performance feedback to an employee. What was the cost? Broken trust with my employee and increased risk to my company.

Do you struggle with giving your employees difficult performance feedback? Are you uncertain of what to do or say when an employee has a performance issue? You are not alone! This interactive (not boring) leadership webinar will give you the roadmap and tools you need to feel more confident and effective during difficult employee performance discussions.

Virtual performance feedback discussions can still be productive with your remote employees. Read this for 5 best practices for giving performance feedback to your remote employees.

In this blog post, I talk about why traditional annual performance reviews are problematic plus a free checklist on how to have effective performance “check-in” discussions with your employees.