3 Ways OKRs Can Save Your Organization

Organizations today must radically rethink how they approach things. The speed of change, the magnitude of disruption, the evolving preferences — it’s hard for leaders to make sense of the complexity, decide next steps, and execute on their goals in an agile, adaptive way.

Partner with Inspire Software and OKRsTraining.com

Partner with Inspire Software and OKRsTraining.com Schedule a free feedback session on your OKRs or learn more about moving forward successfully with Balanced Scorecard and Continuous Performance Management.   Inspire Software, an integrated continuous performance management platform that creates leaders at all levels, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Paul Niven, an acclaimed management […]

Power Performance With Continuous Performance Management

Work has changed. Performance management needs to change with it. Last year required quick reactions — this year requires long-term response. Leaders and employees need to hit their goals regardless of external circumstances. Yet so much has changed.

The New World of Work: It’s Not About the Place — It’s About the Process

Employees’ stress and disengagement are exploding after nearly a year of dealing with a pandemic, social isolation, political unrest, school disruptions, working from home while homeschooling, and more. Add to those anxious moments the threat of layoffs caused by the economic disruptions from lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, and we have the elements of one of […]

OKRs Align Your Strategy to Your People

This year is winding down, while goals and performance planning for next year are gearing up. To help you get more out of your goals and performance processes, my company, OKRsTraining.com, teamed up for an exclusive partnership with Inspire Software to give you access to “best of breed” strategy, consulting, and software solutions — a […]

How Performance Management Improves Well-being

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ll know the state of your employees’ mental health is likely more strained than ever before. And that’s affecting your organization’s performance. However, with effective 1:1s, check-ins, feedback, and recognition, your teams can still hit their goals — and gain emotional resilience to thrive in the future.

How to Maintain Performance and Profitability With Performance Software

This year has taught us all that maintaining performance and profitability levels are paramount. But how do you manage performance when you feel like you’re trying to juggle so many things in your life while transitioning your people to a new way of thinking around getting work done?

3 Steps for HR Leaders to Gain Alignment and Hit Goals

As an HR leader, you know how your people can achieve their goals, but your senior leadership may not always be bought in. They also need you to hit your KPIs, like retention and engagement, but you need their support to use the tools at your disposal effectively. 

Leadership in Volatility: Aligning Performance With Purpose

Many leaders are experiencing this season as the most volatile they’ve ever seen. In the first half of 2020 alone, we’ve seen over 500,000 global COVID-19 deaths, the worst stock market crash since 1987’s Black Monday, the loss of over 400 million full-time jobs globally, and an estimated global GDP contraction of nearly 5%.

Lead the Transition Back to Work

We are living in a time where a clear path forward can be difficult, if not impossible, to find. Yet at the same time, our COVID-19 world has provided a backdrop against which formidable leaders have risen to the occasion. Take New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose empathetic, clear, jargon-free addresses to her nation […]