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How to Plan a Virtual Christmas Party for Remote Employees
Workplace Trends 10 min read

How to Plan a Virtual Christmas Party for Remote Employees

As 2021 draws to a close, many employees are still working remotely across the world. With this in mind, businesses are looking at how they can involve everyone within their organizations in a fun and memorable virtual Christmas party. In this guide, we’ll provide practical insight into the planning and hosting of virtual Christmas parties.

Employee Engagement Survey: The Productivity Gap
Productivity 10 min read

Employee Engagement Survey: The Productivity Gap

Wrike did an online survey of 5,000+ adults in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Australia, who work full time for an organization with 500+ employees. Discover what drives employee engagement so you can build a strategy that boosts productivity and grows your business.

Everything You Need to Know About Starting a New Job
Collaboration 10 min read

Everything You Need to Know About Starting a New Job

We've collected our top 4 battle-tested strategies for surviving the "mess" that you will face on the first week at a new job.

A Definitive Guide to Managing Different Generations in The Workplace
Leadership 10 min read

A Definitive Guide to Managing Different Generations in The Workplace

Having different generations in the workplace is common these days. In most cases, team members of varying ages work together on the same project or task. Others may even manage multiple generations of workers at the same time.  This article aims to help people who work with and manage different generations in the workplace by developing

The Past, Present, & Future of Performance Reviews (Infographic)
Leadership 3 min read

The Past, Present, & Future of Performance Reviews (Infographic)

Performance reviews: dreaded morale-crusher or welcome opportunity for recognition (and a possible raise)? Whichever side you come down on, you can probably agree that there's room for improvement when it comes to employee evaluations. How did this standard practice become so common? Do they really work? The beginnings of performance reviews stretch all the way

3 Techniques for Giving Feedback to Your Manager That Actually Work (Plus Sample 1:1 Agenda)
Collaboration 7 min read

3 Techniques for Giving Feedback to Your Manager That Actually Work (Plus Sample 1:1 Agenda)

As an employee, giving feedback to your manager can be daunting. In this article, we offer three tips for how to give upward feedback that will be positive and productive, as well as a free sample 1:1 agenda to improve the quality of your feedback sessions.

How to Manage and Support Colleagues Through Bereavement at Work
Leadership 10 min read

How to Manage and Support Colleagues Through Bereavement at Work

It’s the situation that nobody ever wants to be in, but take a minute and imagine yourself there: You’ve just lost a loved one. You’re suddenly burdened with shock and grief. You’re overwhelmed by the logistics of honoring final wishes, filling out paperwork, and planning arrangements. In between it all, you manage to find a minute

What is Employee Wellbeing and Why Does it Matter?
Leadership 7 min read

What is Employee Wellbeing and Why Does it Matter?

Employee wellbeing is a critical component of a healthy working environment and organization. Companies that promote wellbeing make it easier for employees to manage stress levels while also maintaining a positive and productive environment. Wellbeing can refer to mental and physical health, as well as more complex things such as satisfaction and engagement levels. In

Employee Engagement Strategies That Work
Leadership 10 min read

Employee Engagement Strategies That Work

Employee engagement is necessary for a productive, fulfilled, and loyal workforce. Unfortunately, only 33% of employees in the US are engaged. Here are 5 ways to increase engagement and why it matters to your bottom line.

What is HR Analytics? A Guide
Productivity 10 min read

What is HR Analytics? A Guide

You’re asked to identify and deploy data-driven HR practices, but you aren’t exactly sure where to start. You might have some HR data stored in spreadsheets, filing cabinets, and various systems but aren’t sure what to do with it or how to make the data-driven decisions you’ve been asked to make. How can you use

Hiring? You Need This Ultimate Employee Onboarding Template
Productivity 5 min read

Hiring? You Need This Ultimate Employee Onboarding Template

Overwhelmed new hires? Strained managers? Inundated HR team members? Bringing in new hires doesn’t have to be a headache. Our ultimate employee onboarding template has everything you need to smoothly transition new hires into your organization.

Balancing Family With Work: How Employers Can Meet the Needs of Working Parents
Leadership 10 min read

Balancing Family With Work: How Employers Can Meet the Needs of Working Parents

A large percentage of workers need to balance the demands of their families with their careers. How do we make it easy for them?

How Employee Motivation Differs Between Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials & Gen Zers
Collaboration 7 min read

How Employee Motivation Differs Between Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials & Gen Zers

There are tons of employee motivation theories out there, which makes it tough to know how to get the behavior and engagement you want at your organization. Here are some ideas, examples, and ways both managers and individuals can pinpoint employee motivation.

How to Devise a Creative Recruitment Strategy
Leadership 10 min read

How to Devise a Creative Recruitment Strategy

Creative recruitment is a fresh approach to finding talent that's changing the way we think about hiring. Creative recruitment strategies are beneficial for brands that want to appeal to better candidates and share their company culture. It’s also a great way to stand out, which is especially important considering the latest reporting from The Society

3 Strategies for Bringing a Distributed Team Member On Board
Leadership 5 min read

3 Strategies for Bringing a Distributed Team Member On Board

On our first day at a new job, we observe everything that is happening in the office and start to understand what is okay and what it is not allowed. We start building a mental map of what things are like in the office so that we can adapt faster. We notice if the receptionist

How Will Recruitment Be Different in a Post-Pandemic Office?
Leadership 7 min read

How Will Recruitment Be Different in a Post-Pandemic Office?

Over the last 18 months, industries and teams around the globe have had the challenge of adapting to a newly distanced workforce. Every process has been subject to unprecedented changes and alterations, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world’s businesses. Now, as organizations begin to move back towards a hybrid or office-based workforce, teams

What Is Peer Recognition & Why is it Important?
Leadership 7 min read

What Is Peer Recognition & Why is it Important?

At work, money doesn’t buy us happiness. Statistics show there is only a loose connection between the money we earn and job satisfaction. But it is possible to boost job satisfaction through one powerful variable: peer recognition. In fact, peer recognition is so powerful that it can deliver half the engagement of a salary increase at

HR Tip: How to use Wrike for Applicant Tracking and Recruitment Process
Productivity 3 min read

HR Tip: How to use Wrike for Applicant Tracking and Recruitment Process

The first step to any successful project management is acquiring the right talent. No matter if your organization has one hard-working recruiter or an impressive HR team, the applicant-tracking process can be time-consuming and demanding at times. Among other things, it requires prompt access to recruitment data and the ability to always keep track of

What Is an OKR and How Do You Use One?
Project Management 5 min read

What Is an OKR and How Do You Use One?

What is OKR? The OKR methodology has been used by the likes of Google and Intel and is designed to align your organization’s long term goals.

Employee Retention Strategies You Need To Know
Collaboration 7 min read

Employee Retention Strategies You Need To Know

Learn employee retention strategies that save money, improve the bottom line, and boost worker satisfaction. Increase your employee satisfaction rate today.

Stop Customer Churn in Its Tracks! Tips to Improve Retention and Revenue From the Inside Out
Leadership 5 min read

Stop Customer Churn in Its Tracks! Tips to Improve Retention and Revenue From the Inside Out

The customer churn rate is huge after a single negative experience with a company — more than half of customers won’t return. Reasons for customer churn vary, but the problem stays the same: Companies must determine why customers are leaving, as well as ways to reduce customer churn. Check out this webinar for more information.

Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Unengaged Employees
Leadership 7 min read

Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Unengaged Employees

The signs of unengaged employees can be a gradual, subtle process and cost billions of dollars a year in lost profits and wasted resources. Read our list to discover the hidden costs of unengaged employees and how they can directly affect your bottom line.

What Is Psychological Safety at Work? How to Achieve it
Leadership 10 min read

What Is Psychological Safety at Work? How to Achieve it

What makes a team effective? A few years back, that was the question plaguing Google’s leadership. When they set out to find the answer, they conducted over 200 interviews, examined 250 different attributes, and studied over 180 Google teams. But they only came up with a few answers. The first variable they identified was psychological safety. According

Hiring in a Gig Economy: Embracing Flexible, Short-Term Workers
Leadership 7 min read

Hiring in a Gig Economy: Embracing Flexible, Short-Term Workers

Gig work enables flexibility, greater work-life balance, and the chance to work from anywhere. Here’s how HR teams and businesses can adapt to hiring in a gig economy.