F O R W A R D : A L E T T E R F R O M T H E C E O Thesupportingthemesfall under this of productivity,confidence, engagement, overarching themeof delivering a better optimism,focus,and relevance are higher employee deal. Employers mustrespond across the board for employees whohave to the desire for career growth and tools that enable great performance. development if they wish to avoid the retention clif —our second theme.Third, It’sclear from our research and from third- fairness mattersgreatly toemployees and partystudiesthattheshift from traditional colors their entire experience. Feelings performancemanagement toacontemporary of bias in systems like performance solution —whatwecallperformance managementcanundermineamultitudeof enablement—is underway. other workforce sentiments,and fairness is sorely absent in performance reviews Nowisthetimetoadapt, change, andgrowto according toa majorityof employees. Bias evolve and elevatetheemployee experience. leads tomistrust, and as weexplain in our Thebest companies don’t just focuson their fourth theme,trustin HR is at a low point. customers; they focusinternallyon their Organizationsmustbe mindfulof this gap. employeesas well.Happy, engaged,and Withtherecent conversationsabout burnout, empowered employeesarewhatmakean whichputeveryone at all levels at risk, organization go beyond being successful to businesses mustdouble down on their eforts being trulytransformational. torelieve this pressure point. Nowhere is this moretruethan for managers. Ourfifth AtBetterworks, we’ve been on amission themeisabout better supporting managers toenable great performanceandimprove byup-leveling performance and, especially, theemployee experience withbest-in-class, development coaching. Empoweringyour consumer-grade technology that helps managerstocoachwillhavean outsized companies align, motivate, develop, and impacton your organization. Lastly, wesee retaintheir people. Ihope thatthis research that good performance enablement —which provides you withtheinsights anddatayou allows employees tocreate meaningful need tomovetowardahuman-centric wayof developmental and performance goals that operating.AndIlook forward toengaging ina align with their company’sstrategic goals richconversation about how wecanallmake and equips managerstofrequently coach workbetter. andenable employees —hasamultiplier efect on the organization. Employeefeelings Doug Dennerline |CEO, Betterworks 2023 Global HR Research Report: The State of Performance Enablement 4