How to Plan a Virtual Christmas Party for Remote Employees
As 2021 draws to a close, many employees are still working remotely across the world. With this in mind, businesses are looking at how they can involve everyone within their organizations in a fun and memorable virtual Christmas party. In this guide, we’ll provide practical insight into the planning and hosting of virtual Christmas parties.
Employee Engagement Survey: The Productivity Gap
Wrike did an online survey of 5,000+ adults in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Australia, who work full time for an organization with 500+ employees. Discover what drives employee engagement so you can build a strategy that boosts productivity and grows your business.
A Definitive Guide to Managing Different Generations in The Workplace
Having different generations in the workplace is common these days. In most cases, team members of varying ages work together on the same project or task. Others may even manage multiple generations of workers at the same time. This article aims to help people who work with and manage different generations in the workplace by developing
The Past, Present, & Future of Performance Reviews (Infographic)
Performance reviews: dreaded morale-crusher or welcome opportunity for recognition (and a possible raise)? Whichever side you come down on, you can probably agree that there's room for improvement when it comes to employee evaluations. How did this standard practice become so common? Do they really work? The beginnings of performance reviews stretch all the way
3 Techniques for Giving Feedback to Your Manager That Actually Work (Plus Sample 1:1 Agenda)
As an employee, giving feedback to your manager can be daunting. In this article, we offer three tips for how to give upward feedback that will be positive and productive, as well as a free sample 1:1 agenda to improve the quality of your feedback sessions.
How to Manage and Support Colleagues Through Bereavement at Work
It’s the situation that nobody ever wants to be in, but take a minute and imagine yourself there: You’ve just lost a loved one. You’re suddenly burdened with shock and grief. You’re overwhelmed by the logistics of honoring final wishes, filling out paperwork, and planning arrangements. In between it all, you manage to find a minute
What is Employee Wellbeing and Why Does it Matter?
Employee wellbeing is a critical component of a healthy working environment and organization. Companies that promote wellbeing make it easier for employees to manage stress levels while also maintaining a positive and productive environment. Wellbeing can refer to mental and physical health, as well as more complex things such as satisfaction and engagement levels. In
What is HR Analytics? A Guide
You’re asked to identify and deploy data-driven HR practices, but you aren’t exactly sure where to start. You might have some HR data stored in spreadsheets, filing cabinets, and various systems but aren’t sure what to do with it or how to make the data-driven decisions you’ve been asked to make. How can you use
Hiring? You Need This Ultimate Employee Onboarding Template
Overwhelmed new hires? Strained managers? Inundated HR team members? Bringing in new hires doesn’t have to be a headache. Our ultimate employee onboarding template has everything you need to smoothly transition new hires into your organization.
How Employee Motivation Differs Between Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials & Gen Zers
There are tons of employee motivation theories out there, which makes it tough to know how to get the behavior and engagement you want at your organization. Here are some ideas, examples, and ways both managers and individuals can pinpoint employee motivation.
How to Devise a Creative Recruitment Strategy
Creative recruitment is a fresh approach to finding talent that's changing the way we think about hiring. Creative recruitment strategies are beneficial for brands that want to appeal to better candidates and share their company culture. It’s also a great way to stand out, which is especially important considering the latest reporting from The Society
3 Strategies for Bringing a Distributed Team Member On Board
On our first day at a new job, we observe everything that is happening in the office and start to understand what is okay and what it is not allowed. We start building a mental map of what things are like in the office so that we can adapt faster. We notice if the receptionist
How Will Recruitment Be Different in a Post-Pandemic Office?
Over the last 18 months, industries and teams around the globe have had the challenge of adapting to a newly distanced workforce. Every process has been subject to unprecedented changes and alterations, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world’s businesses. Now, as organizations begin to move back towards a hybrid or office-based workforce, teams
What Is Peer Recognition & Why is it Important?
At work, money doesn’t buy us happiness. Statistics show there is only a loose connection between the money we earn and job satisfaction. But it is possible to boost job satisfaction through one powerful variable: peer recognition. In fact, peer recognition is so powerful that it can deliver half the engagement of a salary increase at
HR Tip: How to use Wrike for Applicant Tracking and Recruitment Process
The first step to any successful project management is acquiring the right talent. No matter if your organization has one hard-working recruiter or an impressive HR team, the applicant-tracking process can be time-consuming and demanding at times. Among other things, it requires prompt access to recruitment data and the ability to always keep track of
Stop Customer Churn in Its Tracks! Tips to Improve Retention and Revenue From the Inside Out
The customer churn rate is huge after a single negative experience with a company — more than half of customers won’t return. Reasons for customer churn vary, but the problem stays the same: Companies must determine why customers are leaving, as well as ways to reduce customer churn. Check out this webinar for more information.
Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Unengaged Employees
The signs of unengaged employees can be a gradual, subtle process and cost billions of dollars a year in lost profits and wasted resources. Read our list to discover the hidden costs of unengaged employees and how they can directly affect your bottom line.
What Is Psychological Safety at Work? How to Achieve it
What makes a team effective? A few years back, that was the question plaguing Google’s leadership. When they set out to find the answer, they conducted over 200 interviews, examined 250 different attributes, and studied over 180 Google teams. But they only came up with a few answers. The first variable they identified was psychological safety. According
