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KPIs for People Teams

Posted on May 28, 2019May 26, 2019 by dancoyle

Understandably, teams and leaders are always curious about how to best monitor, track, and analyze data for various functions at the company. In this post, we’ll focus on: The most useful KPIs for People teams How to establish tracking and reporting metrics regarding these areas of responsibility Common metrics that are often misinterpreted or meaningless…

Developing and Growing Corporate Culture

Posted on April 23, 2019October 11, 2019 by dancoyle

I see some version of the following questions crop up fairly frequently, especially in the startup community, so I figured I’d take a moment to share a few thoughts. The questions go something like this: How should we take steps to implement a healthy corporate culture that will strengthen as we grow? If we’ve taken…

Leveraging The Endowment Effect

Posted on April 11, 2019October 11, 2019 by dancoyle

Why individuals or teams thinking that their projects are most important, can be excellent and incredibly damaging at a growing company In business, the endowment effect means that someone thinks that his or her work, project, or deadline is what’s most important and must be resourced and prioritized as such. This is often discussed as…

Startups: The Case For Keeping Things Simple

Posted on March 13, 2019October 11, 2019 by dancoyle

Yes, this blog is very simple and that’s on purpose. Decluttering and getting back to fundamentals is a theme in my life; and I impart that on this blog very intentionally. What you’ll find below is not a framework for avoiding difficult or complex situations. You will, however, find suggestions for making the complicated seem…

What Incentivizes Your Startup Staff (it’s not really free beer and ping pong)

Posted on February 22, 2019May 21, 2019 by dancoyle

It’s easy to get caught up in the (by now cliche?) norms of startup life. The standing desks and open-office layout abound in a variety of snacks, catered lunches, breakout spaces, beer, cold brew on tap, and the list goes on. I would never promote getting rid of these perks; I think they’re important. What…

Startup Leaders: Your Team’s Job Isn’t To Make Your Job Easier…Yet

Posted on February 15, 2019May 21, 2019 by dancoyle

In a startup, you need every bit of horsepower you can get; but few know how to harness that from their staff. I promise you, your people are hungry to achieve great things, they just have to be shown how. I know a lot of folks who work at startups; I have for over a…

 

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