Organizations today face unprecedented challenges when it comes to engaging and developing their most valuable asset: people.
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How to Unlock the Power of Intrinsic Motivation
In the workplace, financial and non-financial motivators are used to drive engagement and performance. but motivation is highly personal and differs for each employee. In this blog, we discuss types of motivation tactics used to get the best results out of each of your people for greater engagement and performance.
Continue readingLeadership Development Activities for Managers
It’s the manager. No really, it’s the manager. In their State of the American Manager Report, Gallup attributes 70% of the variation between great workplace engagement and poor workplace engagement to the quality of the manager or team leader.
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Kumanu Senior Software Engineer Mike Behnke writes about the development team’s decision to switch from building our mobile applications individually in native code to using Flutter for cross-platform development from a single codebase.
Continue readingPurpose adds years to your life, and life to your years
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on adults over 50 adds to the rapidly growing body of scientific evidence showing that a sense of purpose in life positively influences our overall physical and emotional wellbeing — as well as our longevity.
Continue readingFive findings from Gallup’s Purposeful Work Study
While most of the publication focuses on what colleges can do to get their students ready to have a successful, purposeful life, their findings extend past higher education audiences and also contain important information for organizational leaders and talent managers.
Continue readingWhy Purpose Matters and How it Works
In this webinar, featuring world-renowned leader in the field of purpose-driven behavior change Vic Strecher, PhD, you will learn the latest developments in the groundbreaking field of purpose science and take away some simple steps to help you and your organization unlock the power of purpose.
Continue readingDiversity in the Workplace
Diversity is often compared to an iceberg. There are parts visible above the surface, like ethnicity and physical disability, but then there’s much more beneath the surface: cultural background, economic status, educational history, and more.
Continue readingMeasuring Performance According to Goodhart
You might have noticed it in your own workplace. Someone higher up the ladder introduces a new performance measure and immediately, everyone prioritizes that measure – often with unintended and at times bizarre consequences. A classic anecdote of this in action involves a nail factory in the former Soviet Union.
Continue readingAligning Purpose at the Workplace with High Performance
CIO Applications magazine recognized Kumanu, formerly JOOL Health, as a Top 10 Employee Engagement Solution in its December 2018 issue. This annual listing highlights 10 companies at the forefront of providing employee engagement solutions and transforming businesses.
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