Steffen Maier

Steffen Maier is the co-founder of Impraise , the People Enablement Platform. Impraise’s belief is simple: Grow your people, grow your business. They help unleash people’s potential, doing more than just performance reviews, which means accelerating performance, fostering career development, and seizing all the moments that happen in between.

Feedback From A to Z

Steffen MaierFebruary 10, 2017February 10, 2017

It’s no secret that feedback is a hugely important in the workplace. Giving and receiving useful feedback is a key part of both personal and organizational … Read more

Money Won’t Buy Engagement, But Here’s What Will

Steffen MaierJanuary 12, 2017January 10, 2017

Like most companies at the end of the year your organization announced salary changes, issuing merit raises to some, and generally recalculated overall … Read more

3 Steps to Making Feedback A Habit

Steffen MaierDecember 15, 2016December 14, 2016

The strongest way to make a new culture stick is by transforming new behaviors into regular habits. To really make feedback a part of your culture, follow … Read more

Tailor Your Feedback to Make It Effective

Steffen MaierDecember 5, 2016December 2, 2016

Personality has a huge impact in the workplace: from a first impression during the interview stage, to everyday interactions, to giving and receiving … Read more

Here’s How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes With 360 Feedback

Steffen MaierNovember 11, 2016November 10, 2016

In order to successfully implement 360-degree feedback in your workplace it is vital to be aware of the common mistakes made by others when doing so, and … Read more

Performance Reviews: Why Once A Year Isn’t Enough

Steffen MaierNovember 4, 2016November 3, 2016

In the news today we’re constantly seeing major companies announce they’re dumping their old performance management systems for more agile solutions. … Read more

Effective Teams Talk to Each Other

Steffen MaierOctober 28, 2016October 27, 2016

Whether you’re an extrovert or an introvert, keeping up effective communication within your team is an absolute must. Being a great communicator is … Read more

How to Decide Comp In A Continuous Feedback Workplace

Steffen MaierOctober 4, 2016October 2, 2016

Now that your company has started giving more frequent feedback, you may be wondering how this new system will impact compensation and promotion decisions. … Read more

7 Ways Managers Can Build Trust In the Workplace

Steffen MaierSeptember 20, 2016December 23, 2016

Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’ll be reposting each of the top … Read more

Design Thinking Is Helping HR Make L&D More Friendly

Steffen MaierSeptember 9, 2016June 13, 2019

With online courses, podcasts and new tech tools giving employees more ownership over their professional development, what role should HR now play in … Read more

Your Performance Reviews Are Biased Against Women

Steffen MaierAugust 25, 2016August 24, 2016

Language in performance reviews often conforms to gender stereotypes that result in women and men being put on different career paths, with men being … Read more

How to Improve Performance With Better HR Metrics

Steffen MaierAugust 12, 2016August 11, 2016

The rise of data based applications has brought about a new era for the HR department. Processes developed in the 70s are now going through a … Read more

Help Your Managers to Improve Engagement By Asking Questions

Steffen MaierJuly 27, 2016July 26, 2016

How much do you really know about your employees’ professional goals? With the fast pace of today’s business world, many managers opt for a simple “How are … Read more

Three Performance Tactics to Help Your Company Grow

Steffen MaierJuly 7, 2016July 1, 2016

Today one of the key challenges most companies face is being able to scale rapidly while still keeping their innovative startup edge. Startups have few … Read more

Why Your eNPS Makes A Difference

Steffen MaierJune 21, 2016June 20, 2016

Net Promoter Score or NPS was developed as a means to measure customer loyalty more quickly and accurately. But HR can use it to measure the same things … Read more