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Leader & Manager Effectiveness

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What Employee Engagement Scores Really Measure
When employees don’t know the strategic priorities, it’s a measure of waste – lost capacity, lost profitability, and lost discretionary effort. Here’s why and what to do about it.

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Elevating Manager Effectiveness with AI
WorkBoard’s Chief of Staff and Leadership Coach AI agents help managers develop the leadership habits that drive results.
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VIDEO
Elevating Manager Effectiveness to Drive Strategy Achievement and Employee Engagement
Presented by Alexis Kearns, Chief People Officer, and Jaclyn Pedersen, Director of OKR Strategy and Alignment, GHX at Accelerate 2025

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Three Ways OKRs Can Make You a Better Leader
The fastest way to improve as a leader is to get the foundations right. If you’re spinning trying to eke out 1% improvements, you’re probably missing the opportunity to transform your leadership and team’s performance. Here are 3 20-50% improvements you can make today.

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Question the right things, not everything
Your role as a leader is not to manage everything and be on top of every detail. Rather, it is to build your team, translate the strategy, and then drive its execution by supporting the team, asking the right questions, and holding people accountable.

THE OKR PODCAST
THE OKR PODCAST
Elevating Performance & People Managers
Guest Alexis Kearns, Chief People Officer at GHX, shares her approach to OKRs and performance management, the hard conversations, team OKRs and effective managers, and the CEO-CHRO partnership.

THE OKR PODCAST
THE OKR PODCAST
Are Your Managers Equipped to Execute Strategy Today?
In this episode, WorkBoard CEO Deidre Paknad shares what’s changed and the signs that your managers may not be prepared to succeed.