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Create workplaces where genuine connections fuel growth and success. Whether you're sparking motivation, strengthening collaboration, or building dream teams, discover practical ways to nurture an environment where everyone thrives naturally.
How to excel at quiet hiring in 2024
If you've spent any time on the internet over the last year, you've likely encountered the term 'quiet quitting'. Estimated to make up around 50% of the US workforce,¹ quiet quitters are disengaged employees who do the bare minimum to keep their jobs.
Emma Norris
How to make one-on-one meetings more meaningful & productive
When your day is packed with deadlines and responsibilities, it can be tempting to push one-on-one meetings with your direct reports or manager to the back burner. But these regular touchpoints are more important than you might think. One of the top drivers of job satisfaction for employees is having a positive relationship with your manager, and setting – and sticking to – regular one-on-one meetings can be a highly effective way to build that bond.
Jessica Orika
How to conduct a self-performance review (with examples)
Knowing your weaknesses is always the first step to overcoming them. The best way to understand where you can improve is to conduct an honest self-performance review. Personal development in the workplace has been common for senior-level employees and leadership teams for decades. However, it is now becoming a more common investment for employees at all levels1. Career-focused individuals are becoming more like athletes, sculpting their mindsets, and skills and working on improving their weaknesses. If this sounds like you, you might consider conducting a self-performance review. Here’s our guide on how to conduct one, and how Fingerprint for Success (F4S) can help.
William Haigen
AI talent acquisition software: a guide for HR teams
Finding the right candidate for a role can be tough, especially when you consider that every corporate job opening attracts 250 resumes.1
Jessica Orika
Bond better: inspirational team building
There’s no ‘I’ in team, as the saying goes. To really get the most out of your team, every member needs to feel they are united in achieving common goals – not just their own. Learning the art of inspirational team-building can mean the difference between a lackluster team motivated by their own wants and needs, and a team getting joy out of their work and kicking company goals while they’re at it.
Joanna Tovia
Why Zoom meetings are broken, and how to fix them
Zoom plays a vital role in the post-pandemic business landscape. But, for many, the words 'team Zoom meeting' don’t spark joy.
William Haigen
Professional coaching: benefits for employees and companies
In a year marked by global uncertainty, the theme of the 2023 International Coaching Week (ICW) was ‘Explore Your Potential’ – an important reminder to focus on developing the one thing we do have control over: our inner selves.
William Haigen
The Emoji (R)evolution At Work
Appreciating Slack and Duolingo’s emoji research 😍 we at Fingerprint for Success (F4S) were curious to study the potential impact emojis might be having on different generations, different work environments and who is using emojis in their daily work lives.
Marlee
Employees crave growth: how managers can coach employees
Employees want to receive coaching so they can unlock their full potential. Yet only about 20% of managers know how to do it.1 To make matters worse, a ‘lack of career development and advancement’ is a top driver of employee turnover.2 That is something that workplace coaching could address; if only employers had access to it.
Amy Rigby
Develop interpersonal communication for workplace success
The use of technology in the workplace grows by the day. Accordingly, it's easy to think technical skills are more valuable than soft skills. But according to the LinkedIn 2023 Most In-Demand Skills Report, this isn't true1. The report found communication is the second-most in-demand skill. Leadership skills are the fourth. And teamwork is the 10th. This shows the importance of interpersonal skills. Want to boost your career? It's time to start sharpening your interpersonal communication skills.
William Haigen
Can Teamwork software make your remote team more productive?
Collaborating with a teammate was once as simple as leaning into the next cubicle and asking a question. Now, with a growing number of teams working remote or hybrid, virtual communication is becoming the norm. This has created a raft of new challenges for organizations, from disengaged teams to drawn-out onboarding processes.
Emma Norris
Jazz HR vs Greenhouse vs Lever Software
Finding employees who have the right skills and align with your company's values can be a challenge. Especially in the purpose-driven economy. This makes it harder to find the right candidate and prolongs the hiring process.
Jessica Orika