For one, they highlight the fundamental shift in focus from human capital management to creating a more human employee experience (case in point: the top post is titled “The End of Management as We Know It”). Three of the top 16 are about the end of traditional performance management. MORE

Business intelligence and analytics start-up Looker started with 10 employees and a handful of customers in 2013 and is now on pace to reach 450 employees and over 1,200 customers by the end of this year. Director of Sales Development Kyle Coleman started in 2013 as the Sales Development Lead, and has personally seen how Looker has scaled its team without losing its helpful and generous culture. Looker began hiring SDRs (Sales Development Representatives) in 2013. MORE

To recap, here are the four findings and their respective posts: The top three workforce management challenges faced by organizations today are retention/turnover, engagement, and recruitment. ( Do managers need training on how to coach employees? MORE

Is "making teams better" the holy grail of performance analytics? More quantitative attention is being paid to how well players improve the in-game performances of their teammates. Indeed, how can the coaches improve the TQ—Teamness Quotient—of their players’ performances? MORE

"At Google, we strive for all people decisions to be informed by data and analytics," says Kathryn Dekas, people analytics manager. Through the work of this group, all HR decisions, whether it's compensation, talent management, staffing, etc., MORE

Engaged employees perform. If culture comes first, performance will follow. Real-Time Coaching from a Manager. According to Gallup, managers account for 70% of the variation in employee engagement. Real-time coaching from a manager is one of the most effective approaches for fostering employee engagement. So, when you’re planning actions that could foster employee engagement, ask yourself if your management team is building trust with employees. MORE

We coach every customer to be specific, timely, personalized, and consistent with employee appreciation. Kazoo amplifies company culture through its award-winning employee experience platform that delivers engagement, retention, performance management, and improved business metrics. Founded in 2013, Kazoo continues to revolutionize the employee experience with its platform based on the science of motivation, rewards, and recognition. MORE

The annual review was often a one-way conversation about performance, setting annual goals that may not matter in a month given the pace of change that companies face today.To avoid creating toxic culture, ask your managers to start being employee coaches and have regular one-on-one meetings with their employees to review goals and performance. employee experience platform that delivers engagement, retention, performance management, and improved business metrics. MORE

These tools are powerful and disruptive, and they have the potential to redefine how we manage our organizations. If we look at employee ratings of employers as a whole, we find that performance follows a bell curve. We know managers are biased. MORE

In 2013, engagement for the US workforce was under 30%. Is it a shift in performance management strategy, or advances in HR technology? 2) Performance Management Technology 2.0. 3) Data Focused Management and HR . MORE

“Annual performance reviews,” report performance management consultancy experts Gallup , “no longer work.”. In fact, research results from Brandon Hall Group’s 2015 survey show 70% of organizations believe their performance management programs are ‘average’ or ‘below average’. MORE

Is "making teams better" the new holy grail of performance analytics? More quantitative attention is being paid to how well players improve the in-game performances of their teammates. Indeed, how can the coaches improve the TQ—Teamness Quotient—of their players’ performances? MORE

They may be formal – like an annual or quarterly bonus tied to meeting performance objectives. Or they may be informal – like a stack of gift cards in a manager’s drawer. Plus, it takes the burden of an employee reward program off management and puts it in the hands of employees. MORE

This year, in addition to dozens of workshops, breakout sessions, a full lineup of inspiring keynote speakers, and an intimate live music performance, we’ve partnered with a variety of world-class HR influencers and bloggers to share the latest research and trends with you. MORE