By Pavithra Mohan January 18, 2024 The pandemic upended the childcare industry, forcing providers to shut their doors—in many cases permanently—and leaving parents with even fewer options than they had prior. By now, the $24 billion in federal aid that was secured for the childcare industry during the pandemic has dried up, leaving many … Continue reading U.S. families are spending 24% of their annual income on childcare
By Sara Sabin January 05, 2024 The traditional method of assessing employee performance is the end of year review. Unfortunately, experts have found that this method is simply not effective in ensuring that employees reach their optimal performance levels. According to Gallup, only 14% of employees strongly agree their performance reviews inspire them to … Continue reading Annual reviews don’t work. Try these 3 things instead
Insights on appointing a budget lead, prioritizing impactful initiatives and maintaining flexibility for optimal marketing results. Justin Sharaf on December 5, 2023 Creating the annual marketing budget is notoriously challenging. Trying to justify every line item to finance teams that don’t understand marketing can be frustrating and overwhelming. This article explores practical tips for navigating the … Continue reading 3 tips to tackle the annual marketing budget challenge
Level up your 2024 marketing plan by harnessing the unique insights and innovative strategies of MOps teams. Megan Michuda on November 3, 2023 Many enterprises are now doing annual planning for 2024. For marketing departments, it can be a challenging time. How can we make a plan that’s firm enough to serve as the foundation … Continue reading 5 ways MOps can elevate the annual planning process
Here’s everything Amazon announced at its September hardware eventSay hello to Astro and the rest of the company’s new hardware lineup. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Astro Echo Show 15 Halo Ring and Blink Glow All the rest Amazon held its annual fall hardware event on Tuesday. It’s too bad the company didn’t stream the proceedings … Continue reading Amazon is holding its annual hardware event on September 28th
Meredith Wholley — March 12, 2020 With annual performance reviews wrapped up and Quarter 1 well underway, it is time to look ahead at the year and capitalize on opportunities for professional development. Performance discussions open the conversation between leaders and employees, but continual conversations are how real changes are implemented in real-time. What is … Continue reading Annual Performance Discussions Are Over. Now What?
Tamra Chandler — November 15, 2019 This is my fourth blog in this series (you can find the first three on this topic here: blog one, blog two, and blog three). Let’s review. It’s past time to fix feedback and restore to its rightful place as a powerful and valuable tool for good. We must … Continue reading This Isn’t Feedback: A Critique of the Annual Review
Elizabeth Williams — January 28, 2019 Follow @bizmkter — January 28, 2019 Last time we looked at the five stages of employee survey grief. This is the part where the executive team grapples with the discomfort of learning that, despite all kinds of warm intent, the employees are really no more “engaged” than last year. … Continue reading Why You Need to Kill Your Annual Employee Survey
Bob Van Rossum — December 19, 2018 Follow @BobVR — December 19, 2018 The performance review. The moment you’ve been waiting for all year is finally here; where you get to sit down with your boss and have a conversation that could very well determine the next step in your career. However, your annual performance … Continue reading Ask This, Not That: Top Questions to Ask During Your Annual Performance Review
Jason Carney — December 18, 2017 Follow @WorkSmartPEO — December 18, 2017 Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash As the holidays are in full motion, many business leaders are setting plans and strategies for the quickly approaching new year. The yearly performance review for your employees is likely one of the key items on the list. … Continue reading The Annual Performance Review: Antiquated or Necessary?
