Author: Srikant Chellappa

Srikant Chellappa is the Co-Founder and CEO at Engagedly and is a passionate entrepreneur and people leader. He is an author, producer/director of 6 feature films, a music album with his band Manchester Underground, and is the host of The People Strategy Leaders Podcast.

Rewarding Managers On Employee Performance Reviews

A very common complaint about performance reviews by employees is that they find the feedback they receive to be insufficient. Nobody wants an entire day’s worth of detailed feedback. Only 6% of organizations believe their current performance review process is valuable

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9 In 10 HR Leaders Think That Annual Performance Reviews Are Inaccurate

Many fortune 500 companies like GE, Microsoft and Adobe have ditched their annual performance reviews and replaced it with more consistent and frequent feedback methods.

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5 Signs That Your Team Needs An Engagement Software

When you’re in the midst of a difficult period, the signs of burnout can be easy to miss or ignore. It’s common for managers to assume that things will go back to normal once the quarter is over or the major project is finished – but that’s not always the case.

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How Continuous Feedback Improves Performance Reviews

One of the main gripes of annual performance reviews is that employees rarely get enough feedback because usually, performance reviews come around only once a year. A lack of feedback impacts many aspects of the review process.

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How Weekly Check-ins Help You Increase Productivity At Workplace

Employee performance and organizational productivity are two most common concerns for organizations these days. HR managers try new methods of engaging employees and improving overall productivity from time to time. Some approaches might work and might not, based on the industry type and the culture of work.

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How Can HR Contribute to Improving Employee Experience

Employee experience is everything that an employee experiences at work from their on-boarding, interactions with their boss and other teams to the process of their work and their exit interview. It is about offering the best working experience to your employees.

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Goal Setting : A Guide To Help Organizations Succeed Using OKRS

When it comes to setting goals and being successful, the one organization that comes to our mind is Google. Google’s OKRs are legendary and a lot of the company’s success can be attributed to their OKRs.

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Sticking To Your New Year Career Resolutions Beyond January

It’s already the third month of the new year. If you are happily working on those resolutions you set for yourself in January and noticing a positive impact in your life, then good job! Keep going.

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7 Signs That You’re A Micromanager

Micromanagement is the style of managing where managers tend to closely observe the work of their team members and try to be overly-controlling. Though some might think this approach works well for their team, the truth is that, micromanaging is demoralizing and destroys teamwork.

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Weekly Check-In Template for Engineering Team

Weekly check-ins follow a general framework that can be used for everyone in an organization. However, as a manager, you have to take into account your team and what they do in order to make the check-in work for them.

This means, you have to craft check-in questionnaires according to the level of seniority, the kind of work employees do as well as the different areas they specialize in, despite being in the same department.

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The Manager’s Guide To Effective Employee Satisfaction Surveys!

Gallup reports have revealed that only 33% of the U.S. workforce is engaged, and only 15% of employees worldwide are engaged and according to Gallup, companies that ultimately implemented a process to improve employee engagement have increased their employee engagement rates to at least 75%.

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Working On Your Goals When Your Motivation Fades

Staying motivated is a problem that everyone has at some point in their career. You may set out with the best of intentions, but with unexpected emergencies, new initiatives, and competing priorities for your time and attention, it can be challenging to stay on track towards your long-term goals.

Fortunately, it’s never too late to course correct. Here are three things that you can do to reinvigorate yourself to work on your goals.

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4 Benefits Of Having A Performance Management Software

Performance reviews are such a big aspect of organizations. Because of review cycles, HR managers and leaders are able to make compensation decisions, figure out how each employee contributes to over organizational productivity and of course, weed out inconsistent performers.

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