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Kat Boogaard

Writer, Culture Amp

Kat is a writer at Culture Amp, where she writes on all things productivity, collaboration, and the world of work. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a B.A. in Communication and a minor in Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies.

Latest posts by Kat Boogaard

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5 employee engagement strategies to drive company growth

Employee engagement

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10 employee development ideas to unlock your team’s potential

Employee development

Article

How to calculate (and improve) your employee retention rate

People analytics

Article

Why is diversity important in the workplace?

Diversity & inclusion
Will a four-day workweek become the new standard?

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Will a four-day workweek become the new standard?

Employee experience
Overwork leads to burnout

Article

Working more than 40 hours a week: Why it can do more harm than good

Employee experience

Article

How to be a better manager: 3 focus areas for leaders

Employee experience

Article

Childless women feel overlooked at work: 5 strategies to change that

Diversity & inclusion

Article

The manager experience: The good, bad, and surprising

Employee experience

Article

The importance of managers: Why they (really) matter

Employee experience

Article

6 tips to build your conflict management skills

Employee experience

Article

Mastering performance and compensation conversations

Performance management

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How LeanIX built a performance process focused on people

Performance management

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Why Kogan.com and OES embraced continuous performance

Performance management
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Article

Stack ranking: What it is and why it’s controversial

Performance management
Career pathing 101

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Career pathing 101: What it is and why it matters

Employee development
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Article

What continuous performance management actually looks like

Performance management
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Article

How Beca uses effectiveness surveys to fuel employee development

Employee engagement

Article

How to motivate employees: 5 research-backed strategies

Employee engagement
Employee on a laptop

Article

5 common people analytics challenges (and how to overcome them)

Employee experience
Woman working at home

Article

Employees want asynchronous work – here’s how to do it right

Employee experience
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Article

How Learning Links overhauled the performance management process

Performance management

Article

Employee wellbeing at work: What it is and how to foster it

Employee experience
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Article

How Meltwater APAC built a better employee experience with feedback

Employee experience
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How (and why) to measure employee engagement

Employee engagement
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Article

How GroupM APAC treats change as a springboard

Employee experience
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Article

How listening to employees mitigates the impacts of disruption

Employee experience
Woman in yellow shirt talking on a phone

Article

The employee experience ROI is real: Here’s how to prove it

Employee experience
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Article

How Kinatico manages engagement during times of change

Employee engagement
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Article

How dnata took action to increase and support female leadership

Diversity & inclusion
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Article

How Project44 built a business case for employee experience

Employee experience
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Article

Learning & development 101: How to attract and retain talent

Employee development

Article

Performance management 101: How to transform your process

Performance management
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Article

Employee engagement: What it is, why it matters, and how to get it right

Employee engagement
Woman thoughtfully sitting by a laptop

Article

Writing a self-evaluation: How to make the most of the process

Performance management
30-60-90 day plan

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How to create a 30-60-90 day plan

Employee experience
Psychological safety

Article

How to foster psychological safety and help your team thrive

Employee experience

Article

7 tips for an impactful development program

Employee development

Article

4 ways employers can support women and caregiving employees

Employee experience
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Article

The future of work involves polygamous careers

Employee experience
The Great Re-entry

Article

The Great Re-entry: How to thoughtfully welcome employees back

Employee experience
How to support your managers as your company grows

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How to support your managers as your company grows

Employee development
Agile succession planning

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4 tips for agile succession planning in 2022

Employee development
The importance of company culture at the enterprise level

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The importance of company culture at the enterprise level

Employee experience
How to support player-coach managers

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How to support player-coach managers

Employee development
How to foster healthy relationships at work

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How to foster healthy relationships at work

Employee experience
HRIS performance management

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Why your HRIS isn’t the best performance management tool

Performance management

Article

Four steps to create your 2022 culture plan

Employee experience
4 tips to embed learning in the flow of work

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4 tips to embed learning in the flow of work

Employee development
How re-onboarding eases the transition to a hybrid workplace

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How re-onboarding eases the transition to a hybrid workplace

Employee experience
Performance management in a hybrid workplace

Article

Redesigning performance management for a hybrid workplace

Performance management
How to foster emotional intelligence in the workplace

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How to foster emotional intelligence in the workplace

Employee experience

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How to prioritize (and maintain) diversity in leadership

Diversity & inclusion

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9 metrics to help you understand (and prioritize) DEI

Diversity & inclusion
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How to communicate the value of performance reviews

Performance management

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