Kazoo

JULY 24, 2018

How did you find your way to HighGround? At the HighGround table, I met my future mentor, Nadia, a senior developer, and the head of our QA department, Marcie. We talked about the variety of opportunities at HighGround and the dynamic environment the engineering team functions in. What does your role as Software Engineer entail?

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Kazoo

JULY 13, 2016

Let’s apply it to increasing employee engagement , something that still eludes many HR leaders. companies lose $11 billion annually due to employee turnover. New research found 71% of companies are using technology and apps to increase engagement. A Gallup poll found that 13% of workers are considered engaged.

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Kazoo

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As the science of employee performance and engagement continues to grow, it’s become clear the most innovative and profitable companies are those embracing a feedback culture. It should be every company’s goal to enhance the employee experience, not disrupt it. hours, or 4.1 hours a day. hours, or 4.1 hours a day.

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

HR practitioners have a very powerful tool at their hands to help employees be specific along their goal paths – performance management technology. The HighGround experience facilitates this key goal-setting tactic in a few different ways: Company and department goals are set up by leaders and managers.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

So you’re debating whether to build your own recognition and rewards technology solution OR outsourcing the task to a best-in-class provider. Today we will discuss the different areas of technology that are required to develop and maintain a system.

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Kazoo

JULY 19, 2018

**This news is prior to the combined company’s rebrand to Kazoo in April 2019.**. YouEarnedIt started in 2013 with a vision to provide an employee-first solution that would positively impact the employee experience and bottom-line business results across growing organizations.

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

How well do you know the people behind HighGround? Today we cornered Gina Slesar for her thoughts on working at HighGround. How’d you get your start at HighGround? I joined HighGround in February 2015. I researched some local startups and found HighGround. Tell us a bit about your everyday life at HighGround.

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Kazoo

MAY 22, 2018

Things have been in full swing over here at HighGround since CEO Andee Harris took the helm, so much so that we haven’t had time to stop and introduce her on the blog. While Andee is new to the role, she’s not new to the company or even the acronym. What are you really proud of at HighGround? I think the solution is two-fold.

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Kazoo

AUGUST 22, 2016

Congratulations to Jerry Chiang of UC Berkeley, who is the inaugural winner of the HighGround Scholarship! Earlier this year, we announced the HighGround scholarship to learn more about how today’s college students understand workplace culture. Chiang suggested companies implement two smart programs to help drive employee engagement.

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Kazoo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

We can only be talking about one thing – HR Tech is almost here! 2018 has certainly been a busy year for us at HighGround, and this year’s HR Tech will be a special one for us as we make our conference debut with YouEarnedIt. HR Tech is kicking things off with an opening reception pub crawl on Tuesday from 5-7 pm.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

So far we’ve discussed how the complexity of your organization and various technology costs have an impact on your decision to build a recognition and rewards program in-house or hire a solution provider. This post dives into the technology side of your program and how it can also be impacted by your decision.

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Kazoo

APRIL 3, 2019

Exciting News for YouEarnedIt and HighGround. In July, when YouEarnedIt acquired HighGround, we knew big things would be in store for our combined organization. When we combined our two companies, we knew we had an opportunity to revolutionize the perception of HR software and create a platform that would change the industry.

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Kazoo

JUNE 20, 2017

When an organization declares its values through a mission statement, employees are clear on what’s important to the company. If the company mission and values aren’t reflected in everyday work and interactions, employees will grow increasingly skeptical and resentful whenever they’re mentioned.

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Kazoo

AUGUST 16, 2017

As always, you can stay up to date via the entire HighGround events calendar : Argyle’s 2017 Human Capital Leadership Forum. This New York event brings together leading HR executives for networking and sessions that discuss the latest industry trends. September 14. Webinar] Harness Neuroscience to Create a Productive Feedback Culture.

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Kazoo

MARCH 2, 2022

After 3-plus years at the helm of the leading employee experience platform, Pellman has announced his retirement. A former Google executive, Paul was named CEO in 2018 of the newly formed Kazoo (the combination of YouEarnedIt and HighGround – two market leaders in the HR technology industry).

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Kazoo

MARCH 13, 2017

We recently sat down with Craig Wigley, VP of Employee Success, for LLamasoft, a supply chain software company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With 410 employees around the world, including 250 in the United States alone, LLamasoft needed a flexible way to share company values and manage employee performance.

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Kazoo

MARCH 29, 2018

In today’s highly competitive business environment, a company’s employees are its most powerful asset. But plagued by a talent shortage that stretches across nearly all industries, HR leaders have been tasked with revamping retention strategies for the modern workforce. So, how can HR leaders create buy-in and adoption?

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Kazoo

OCTOBER 4, 2017

We’re getting ready for HR Technology Conference & Exposition next week Tuesday through Thursday at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Yes, the HR Tech puppies are back.) Can’t Miss Breakout Session – How to Manage a Geographically, Generationally and Culturally Diverse Workforce With HR Tech. The post Going to HR Tech?

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Kazoo

MARCH 2, 2022

After 3-plus years at the helm of the leading employee experience platform, Pellman has announced his retirement. A former Google executive, Paul was named CEO in 2018 of the newly formed Kazoo (the combination of YouEarnedIt and HighGround – two market leaders in the HR technology industry).

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Kazoo

MARCH 2, 2022

After 3-plus years at the helm of the leading employee experience platform, Pellman has announced his retirement. A former Google executive, Paul was named CEO in 2018 of the newly formed Kazoo (the combination of YouEarnedIt and HighGround – two market leaders in the HR technology industry).

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Kazoo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A great performance management system on paper doesn’t guarantee a successful one in practice. Along the way, HR executives must wear many hats in order to ensure a smooth transition with a positive outcome. Advocates to ensure the system meets employee needs. Risks are an important development tool. No system is perfect.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The Society of Human Resource Management estimated that organizations that spent at least 1% of payroll on their recognition system saw a positive impact on ROI, productivity, branding, employee relationships, engagement, etc. This blog post will explore some things to consider before deciding to build an internal recognition platform. .

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Kazoo

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

HighGround offers a variety of feedback types including: Group feedback. Each company approaches check-ins differently so while some might require them quarterly, others might require them much more frequently or infrequently depending on the location, department, project, etc. Project retrospectives. 1-1 feedback.

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Robin Schooling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Here’s one of the things I like about the HR Technology Conference & Exposition – discovering where the innovation is happening. What solutions are being created? How, let’s get down to brass tacks people, does software assist HR leaders (and business leaders) as they look to solve day-to-day business challenges?

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Kazoo

MAY 5, 2016

Many companies face the struggle of integrating several company cultures into one cohesive brand. Intermedix, a healthcare analytics company, recently underwent a series of large, business-wide changes including several acquisitions and moving its global headquarters to Nashville.

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Kazoo

DECEMBER 4, 2018

From goal setting and feedback to performance conversations and annual reviews, no two processes look exactly the same from one company to the next. Yet, there is a common denominator for organizations with high-performing teams – technology. HR technology is one of the most innovative categories of tech today.

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Kazoo

JUNE 27, 2018

This year’s event held in Chicago brought together 22,000 HR professionals for several days of networking, keynote presentations, breakout sessions and fun. As a technology provider to the HR industry, we attend many different conferences throughout the year, both large and small. Connect with HR industry professionals.

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Kazoo

JULY 17, 2018

You’ve identified your needs, researched HR strategies, chosen a technology partner and launched your real-time performance management and/or social recognition platform. These can be specific to company events or milestones or celebrate new products or services. Your job here is done, right? or even made up holidays.

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The Tim Sackett Project

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

As the industry as a whole continues to evolve and new challenges arise, there are many startups introducing game-changing solutions to help HR address the growing complexity. Highground enables organizations to modernize performance development and engagement for a more productive, motivated workforce.

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Kazoo

JULY 10, 2016

It’s no secret that HR departments understand why they need to focus on better employee engagement but the focus has now shifted to how to actually make change. They’re starting to instill systems that empower continuous feedback, allowing employees to alter behaviors when necessary and develop skills more quickly.

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Kazoo

AUGUST 15, 2017

While each company is unique, there are benefits to a feedback culture almost across the board. Here’s five companies that are getting it right. They credit HighGround’s platform with helping them get comfortable with the feedback process to ultimately improve their performance. Lieberman Research Worldwide.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

When it comes to choosing performance management technology providers, HR executives have a much more difficult decision to make than their corporate counterparts who oversee departments with more standard, established processes. HR leaders have three unique challenges. Technology. First, no two businesses are alike.

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Kazoo

AUGUST 16, 2018

Our customers are always looking to tap into the power of the crowd, to uncover best practices for using our technology or running their HR programs in general. Determining merit pay and compensation is a topic that they bring to us time and time again, as more and more companies do away with ratings. Here’s Patagonia’s story.

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 28, 2016

This year’s HR Technology Conference in Chicago hosted the inaugural “Women in HR Tech” event. It was a half-day of discussion about being a woman in today’s technology driven business world. One of the other things that I like about HR Tech is the way they showcase new businesses. Very exciting!

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Kazoo

JULY 15, 2016

When prompted to enter feedback on the app at the end of my ride, I rated my driver five out of five stars and added a comment about the exceptional service. In fact, you’re actually prevented from using the app again until you rate your previous driver. What HR Can Learn From Uber appeared first on HighGround.

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Kazoo

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Check out a few of the recent stories that caught our eye as well as HR industry news you might have missed. How Technology Empowers Your Talent Management Strategy. Our own CEO was interviewed for this Forbes article on the role of technology in evolving HR today. 7 Ways to Shape the Culture of Your Company.

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Kazoo

JULY 18, 2016

Last week we talked about a few changes that HR can make to help increase employee engagement. Today we’ll tackle a few more ways that you can start creating a culture where continuous, real-time feedback are engrained in your company culture. social-based, real-time) approaches and technologies.

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