More often than not, you can’t do organizational development based only on the company’s performance. When you focus on the statistics, you can fail to see what’s causing the output to fail from within. Having a strong connection to your employees and receiving feedback from them is one of the key steps towards building a stronger company. Here’s how you can do it in an optimal way.

Organizational development (OD) deals with improving efficiency and productivity in the workplace. An effective organizational development helps you to solve problems within your company and help analyze ways to find more efficient ways of doing things.

Every company needs to have a vision. As a leader, it is your job to create this vision and make it known. Without a vision, your company is like someone swimming circles in the ocean and bound to sink eventually.

If you could identify one thing that made a leader great, what would it be? The team that stands behind them. Hiring the right people and motivating them to give their best when they work together is one of the most important aspects of leadership. Modern leadership is characterized by an important feature: remote workers. Teamwork is still essential. However, it’s not easy to bring everyone into a team vibe.

I love the thought of everyone pitching in together to reach a common goal. I get starry-eyed thinking about the unity, the support, and the strengthening friendships. I imagine the smiles, the camaraderie, the shared ideas and the high-fives at the end of it all. But sometimes reality can differ a little, so today let’s make sure that when your team is working together it’s a smooth, effective, and enjoyable process. Let’s talk about teamwork, and how you can help everyone to collaborate efficiently.

With the recent Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, many companies are looking into remote working options for their employees. This transition will be difficult for many organizations that are accustomed to working together in an office setting. With everybody being encouraged to self-quarantine and limit interaction with others, how are we supposed to get any work done that requires team effort and collaboration?

Just like your in-house employees, they are an integral part of your team! Learning how to best build a relationship and strengthen the employee experience. Staying connected with your remote employees is just as important as doing so with employees you see in the office every morning.

Employee Evaluations are an important part of growing a company. When done properly, it can be a great source of information and essential to Succession Pathways within your company. Evaluations often consist of performance analysis that is used in employee improvement as well as internal promotions and pay raises. Things are a little different when evaluating remote workers as there is no daily in-person interaction to evaluate.

In management, there are different challenges working with different types employees. In particular, remote employees can be difficult to manage and develop a successful working relationship with because they are not in the office. Some managers find it really hard to be in charge of somebody they don't see every day. On the other hand, remote employees can feel isolated from the company and unable to find answers to questions or get guidance on their work.

Technology is constantly changing and creating new benefits. Here’s how utilizing video hiring will benefit you as a hiring manager.

It’s not easy to push through a challenge when it feels like the odds are stacked against us. And I know you don’t want any of your employees feeling that way when they’re working for you. You want to set them up for success and create an environment where everyone can perform at their best.

When you are the manager, HR, or Recruitment officer, one of your fundamental responsibilities is to give feedback to your team of employees. Feedback is vital for the success of any business. However, giving feedback, whether positive or negative, is not an easy task. It requires creativity and a specific set of skills for it to be received well by the employees.

All business managers want their companies to grow, and increase in profitability; they need resources available to them and want the best out of their employees and peers. However, many business leaders and cultures overlook what your employees have to offer and essentially limit the company’s potential as well as risk losing great talent to market contenders.

When people hear “human resources” there are often negative reactions and experiences associated with the department. Not surprisingly, this also means that the role of Chief Human Resource Officer is often underappreciated and overlooked. However, the role of CHRO is one that can have a major influence on the organization.

Starting continuous performance management can be difficult to do. As with most things, the best way to achieve success is to get the upper management on board! When the leaders are all invested in the success of continuous performance, the employees will follow their example and get excited about the process too.

For any company seeking to continuously improve, feedback from employees is vital. Without it, key information cannot be extracted and utilized to grow the business. In short, your staff is integral to your operation, and without their explicit buy-in to what you are looking to achieve, success will be impossible.

For many businesses, success depends on the ability to attract and hire top, technical talent. Software developers, network specialists, web designers, systems administrators, and others are in high demand. It takes a significant effort to bring the best people onto your team.

As you may have imagined, many productivity tips have something to do with technology, especially with mobile technology. Though one may lament at the idea that in 40 years we will have a bunch of pensioners with neck problems, you cannot ignore the fact that the tech-culture is here to stay, so we all may as well embrace it.

Advocating a strength-based philosophy is only one part of the equation; implementing it is a completely different ballgame. Therefore, while I will still spend time explaining the strength-based philosophy, I’ll spend a little extra time exploring how one can leverage it at the workplace.

Dedicated employees are the bones of every successful company. Without them, there would simply be no business! That is why it is of the utmost importance to instill confidence within them. Because let’s face it, you can’t micromanage every employee.

Managers are important for the success of any enterprise, especially for small- to mid-sized firms where they take on many roles. However, leadership is equally important. While certain skills contribute to success, organizations need strong leadership to succeed.

Gamification has become one of the most hyped terms lately that is used almost everywhere where it is necessary to drive better results. Being perceived by many as just another millennial fad, it has actually proven to be effective in various fields. To keep up with the trends, a lot of companies follow the early adopters’ example and implement gamification practices into their workflow. However, the results are not always what is expected or satisfying.

Social media is a vital communication platform and key customer service tool for businesses and organizations. Social media provides businesses the opportunities to offer instant customer service and can also help build brand validity, awareness, and exposure to core, niche or mass audiences.

HR plays a crucial role in maximizing productivity within the workplace. This can only be accomplished if it is structured to cope with all the needs of the business. In other words, a key part of any HR team in human relations is maximizing on human capital.

It’s quite apparent that more and more organizations have to and will start leveraging AI in near future itself. But investing in a good AI platform and adopting an AI-based approach is not a simple decision. It’s quite natural to be tempted to jump into the bandwagon when the entire industry is behind the same, but it’s important to understand your organization’s readiness, and more importantly, the need before you go for such a strategic decision.