Performance Matters Blog

In an ever-changing work environment, there is increasing demand for innovation and new ways of working—whether it’s pressure from your...

No organization plans to develop surveys just to have response rates that are less than desirable. While doing research and...

Get clear on organizational ambiguity Ambiguity, in short, means there is room for more than one interpretation. Thanks to a...

Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort. —Brené Brown Organizations...

Resolutions for Personal and Professional Achievement Full disclosure: A version of this blog appeared nearly a decade ago. Its principles...

Leadership & Learning Strategies for Workforce Transformation 2021 has taught us the importance of being flexible. Our traditional assumptions about...

A hybrid working model has the potential to empower workforces, but they also have the potential to create deep tension between stakeholders when it comes…

Has it been a while since your last employee engagement survey? Are you ready to re-engage but don’t know where to start? Here are six…

Online training can leave learners passive and isolated, but, it’s possible to make learning a part of everyday work, and to deliver it effectively.

Amid all the loss we experienced in 2020, we have reasons to remain hopeful. The incredible advances in science, greater sense of community and the…

Creating a culture of career growth improves the odds that your workforce will be willing, ready, and able to move into the roles that you…

Opposite of déjà vu, vu jàdé is facing a situation you have never experienced before and don't know what to do. Organizational design (OD) and…

Have you ever wondered how much perceptions are aligned with reality within your organization? The most successful companies know this and they predict and mitigate…

If you manage employees, you need to talk to them. That's a no brainer, right? Yet manager-employee conversations are more of a myth than a…

I’ve spent the better part of the year talking and writing about resilience, personal and organizational engagement strategies, and future-proofing...

Ah, 2020. What can I say? It’s been quite a year. Australian wildfires, Kobe, the COVID-19 disease, the COVID-19 recession,...

If the recent changes to our work environments have taught us anything, it is that when being faced with a...

Perhaps no aspect of life is more altered by COVID-19 than the labor market. After ten years of nearly uninterrupted...

As communities around the world respond to the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are facing jobs, communities, and homes that...

With the growing threat of COVID-19, many organizations are asking their employees to work from home. Putting that into practice,...