Show Notes
What can 200,000 employees tell us about the relationship between engagement and performance?
It turns out quite a lot.
On the latest episode of the Culture First Podcast, we are returning to the data to bring you the latest in employee experience research.
In the first part of our data and research series, I sat down with Culture Amp's Lead Researcher Fresia Jackson to lay the foundations for the scope and size of the data lake that Culture Amp has. You can listen to that episode here: https://www.cultureamp.com/podcast/diving-into-data
In part two of our data exploration, we are looking at a specific study just completed by our data and research team.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How we standardized the data to get the most robust engagement and performance research set in the world.
The different types of performance rating systems organizations have implemented, and we find out if there is a sweet spot when it comes to how often you should measure performance.
What type of feedback do your high performers need?
The external reasons that may be causing underperformance for some of your employees and what you can do about it.
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