Negative feedback has many problems, but even positive feedback can backfire, according to a leadership specialist who says too much of the latter can have "diminishing returns".
Helping employees feel supported to adapt to change is one of the key ways employers can drive up their engagement levels in the coming year, a workplace expert says.
Common performance management practices, which are traditionally framed as being 'positive' for productivity, can negatively impact employees' wellbeing, new research has found.
Employers that take the time to "onboard" their AI tools will be far more likely to realise productivity gains than those taking an approach of "just roll it out and see what happens", a business intelligence specialist says.
Performance management is set to become less HR-centric, more continuous, and more cross-functional, according to an authority on KPIs who foresees employers using unprecedented amounts of data to make people decisions.
Leaders can ask themselves five questions at the start of the day to "prime" their brains for maximum productivity, according to a business psychologist.
Being busy isn't always a bad thing, but when people are "so busy being busy" they never stop to consider where they're going, they end up wasting time and energy that could be better spent, a career development and leadership expert warns.
Employers continue to rely heavily on training to address the challenges now facing managers, but in many cases, the problem is their role, an HR advisor says.
Even if, in theory, an organisation lets employees take it easy after a taxing project, it might be up to leaders to show their people what that looks like, a burnout expert says.
