Don’t get hit by the beer truck: Preparing for your startup’s worst case...
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post was originally published on the 15Five blog. If there is one thing we can say for sure, it’s that life is unpredictable. No matter how much we try to...
View ArticleMind reading 101: The 10 questions you need to ask your team every week
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post was originally published on the15Five blog. I am not a mind reader, but I’ve tried playing one at work. I think we all have. I used to imagine that I could...
View ArticleLearn to work with purpose, or don’t work at all
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15five blog. All companies work towards measurable goals. New features in the product, selling target customers and boosting the...
View ArticleDisengaged employees: What are they really thinking?
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15five blog. You can’t crack your employees’ heads open and look inside (well you can, but legal will probably advise against...
View ArticleHow to retain mental and creative focus
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15five blog. Have you ever wondered why, when you leave a two-hour meeting you usually have very little retention of what was...
View ArticleHow to tell if you’ve been blindsided by data
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15five blog. We work in an age where detailed information and data are available across so many areas of our businesses, driving...
View Article10 must-ask questions to supercharge your leadership
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. I used to imagine that I could peer into the silent void of a discussion with an employee and their thoughts and...
View ArticleWhy employee management is out of control
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the the origins of the word “labor”, the definitions you discover are quite unsettling — “work hard, toil, struggle, have...
View ArticleThe 3 steps to fearless leadership
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. Few adventures are as exhilarating as building a company from scratch — and that’s coming from a once avid...
View ArticleTeach them to fish: 5 leadership lessons for mentoring employees
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. To succeed as an entrepreneur you must constantly overcome countless factors that are beyond your control; market...
View ArticleHow to promote a first-time manager without upsetting everyone else
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. When your business is growing fast, you spend a ton of time and resources hiring new people and promoting from...
View ArticleSmashing down your open door policy at work
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. In some companies, approaching the executive is like walking up to the Wizard of Oz, his gigantic floating head and...
View ArticleCoaching employees in the new economy
David Hassell is Founder & CEO of 15Five, web-based communication software that elevates the performance of managers, employees and entire organizations by initiating weekly conversations that...
View ArticleHow being unprofessional increases employee engagement
David Hassell is Founder & CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five Blog. A recent Forbes article asked the question, “Does Crying Kill Your Career?” This sparks an important...
View ArticleThe problem with human resources
David Hassell is Founder & CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five Blog. The term “human resources” is paradoxical at best. Humans are living beings of arguably the highest...
View Article4 scientifically proven methods to increase your productivity
The way we are working isn’t working anymore, and hasn’t been for some time. Checking email in bed the moment we awake, chugging too much coffee, hour-long commutes twice each day…they all take a toll...
View ArticleEmployee evaluations: How much has really changed in the last 100 years?
As new ways of work are evolving, such as the adoption of cross-functional teams, and distributed/virtual work environments, companies need to find new ways to manage employee performance. For nearly...
View ArticleDon’t just review employee performance, improve it
It’s hard to believe we are already in 2016! By now most business leaders have probably analyzed all of the key metrics detailing the triumphs and failures of the last year, and they have used that...
View ArticleHow to fit OKRs into your company’s mission and values
In Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk entitled, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, Sinek refocuses companies away from thinking first about what they do, and instead advises them to figure out why they’re doing it....
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