We’ve rebranded KYT to Canopy. Learn more about our Know Your Team rebrand, new product, and more. I’ve got some big, exciting news to share… Know Your Team has rebranded to Canopy 🌱 With our rebrand, we have a new product with a free plan as well! You can read the behind-the-scenes reasons for our…
If you’re internally promoting your managers and creating a career path framework for managers, keep these 5 considerations in mind. “Do we have a career path framework for managers?” asks one of your newly promoted managers. You knowingly nod: While you don’t have a career path framework for managers yet, it’s something that’s currently on…
Today, a dream of ours comes true: We’re launching our online leadership training product for first-time managers. A dream realized Today, we’re launching a product we’ve been envisioning for the past decade: A single place online where you can learn how to become a better leader. Introducing our Manager Learning Path – an all-in-one online…
Focus means not just saying “yes,” but saying “no” too. Say “yes” to these 3 things and “no” to these 3 things when managing a growing team. Coupling the words “managing a growing team” and “focus” may seem oxymoronic to you. When your team has doubled its headcount in the past year, when your organization…
As a new leader, get your bearings with these critical questions to ask when taking over a new team. A new leader recently asked me, “What are the important questions to ask when taking over a new team?” His voice revealed simultaneous excitement and nervousness: His direct supervisor had handed him the reigns to a…
Dear customer support specialist who cares about doing meaningful work, If your dream is to help people have a positive experience with a solution that truly makes a difference and to do it with a small team that values freedom, sustainability, and ownership, I’ve got good news for you… we’re hiring a Customer Support Specialist…
If you’ve never been a fan of performance reviews, our tool + guide are for you. Reviews are for books, movies, and restaurants. Reviews are not for people. The concept of “performance reviews” has always felt odd to you, as a result. As a leader, you want your team to continually level-up and improve –…
Meaningful feedback can come when we focus on these five questions to ask in a performance review. With performance review season upon us, a frequent question I receive is: “What questions to ask in a performance review?” I won’t lie. I’m not a fan of performance reviews (you can read why here). But sometimes, as…
Our take on how to give better employee performance reviews – and what to consider instead. “How to give better employee performance reviews?” This is a question I’ve consistently received over the years, and becomes more pronounced as we enter performance review season. It’s a particularly salient question given that, from our August 2020 survey…
Rather than succumb to a fragmented culture, here are 4 key practices to set the foundation for a positive, cohesive hybrid working environment. Welcome to a new world: The hybrid working environment is the new norm for many of us. And, its challenges are new to us, as well. You’re concerned. Now that your team…