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119: Goals Gone Wild: The New Performance Management | with Kris Duggan of BetterWorks

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BetterWorks began with the simple, but deeply held goal of helping people feel like they are winning at work. Their enterprise goals platform, based on “Goal Science” thinking, is designed to engage, empower, and cross-functionally align workers. There are five key pillars to goal management: Connected. Progress-Based.

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039: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations | with Michael Slind

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Not so long ago, power within organizations emanated from the commands of top executives. How can leaders today communicate things like goals and vision and values … which are still needed to keep an organization aligned? How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations from Harvard Business Review Press.

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WHE07: Pitfalls of Workplace Wellness: Does It Do More Harm Than Good? | with Al Lewis

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For one thing, there are probably leaders and employees at your organization who are skeptical, so you need to anticipate their […]. For one thing, there are probably leaders and employees at your organization who are skeptical, so you need to anticipate their questions rather than coming across as naïve.

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027: How to Use the Big-Little Outcome Scope to Hit Your Target

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This will keep your communication focused, rather than cluttered with a multitude of messages competing to accomplish 11-20 goals – but achieving none of them. Recently Erin was asked to give a presentation at an organic gardening Conference. Recently Erin was asked to give a presentation at an organic gardening Conference.

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047: How the Serious Side of Games Can Engage People | with Elise Olding from Gartner

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Elise Olding, a Research Director at the tech research firm Gartner, has predicted that by 2015, 40% of Global 1000 organizations will use gamification as the primary mechanism to transform business operations. How gamification can help keep people engaged over time, when they otherwise might get burned out on repetitive tasks.

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089: The Power of Brevity | with Bill Holston

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Today’s he is executive director of a nonprofit, and as you can guess, a big part of his position involves spreading the word about his organization’s mission and asking people to donate money. He’s found that being short but memorable has made a real difference toward those goals. Making a fundraising appeal for his organization.

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114: How Wellbeing Boosts Employee Engagement and Profitability | with Doug Stover from Gallup

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According to The Gallup Organization, when companies add a well-being focus to their engagement efforts, it has an accelerating effect. Focusing on employee engagement and employee well-being together helps companies maximize productivity. Focusing on employee engagement and employee well-being together helps companies maximize productivity.