Welcome to our dedicated hub for thought leadership and innovative practices in people development. At Speexx, our commitment to fostering professional growth through our award-winning SaaS B2B platform shines in every article and interview we share. Whether you’re seeking to enhance corporate language training, explore business coaching, or mentoring: our blog is your gateway to the latest in leadership news, HR trends, and employee engagement strategies. Since we focus on people development, you will also find blogposts about remote work, lifelong learning, employer branding, Learning and Development, people analytics, skill development and talent management.
The Art of Leading Quietly: Tips for Introverted Leaders
Introverts can be successful leaders by embracing their individuality and developing their leadership skills. Discover tips and strategiesfor overcoming the challenges faced by introverted leaders, including communication, balancing personal and professional life, and finding support.
10 Tips (and 1 Key) for Leading Former Peers
...And suddenly you are the leader. Leading former colleagues can be a challenge. We have 10 tips on how you can take on your role as a leader, support your colleagues in the best possible way, and work together for the company's success.
Quiet Quitting and Lousy Leadership: 7 Tips to Remedy Them Both
Quiet quitting, or the phenomenon of employees disengaging from their jobs by performing just enough to avoid being fired, is a growing concern for many organizations – and especially leaders.
3 Steps to Becoming a Good Leader
The image of a good manager is constantly changing, but the past three years in particular have completely turned established management styles upside down. New work structures and forms as well as new technologies and communication tools require adaptation, both of the entire team and of the leader. Studies show that in the first quarter of 2022, worker productivity fell by 7.5% - the sharpest drop in 75 years. The diagnosis? consequences of bad leadership.
Reframing Virtual and Hybrid Learning With a Human Focus
Just a mere three years ago in January 2020, only 50% of this training was done online. Fast forward to three months later, and the proportion was 100% (thanks, lockdown in a global pandemic). If online delivery is now the expected benchmark, we need to ask: exactly how good is it? And from whose perspective? What does success look like for the organization and the learner?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Offboarding
2022 has been the year of The Great Departure from companies. Whether jumping ship or being pushed, offboarding is yet another event in the organizational lifecycle that HR handles. Here you can find a personal account and some tips for handling the good, the bad, and the ugly kinds of offboarding with grace.
The Way to Lead Today
The term positive leadership was originally born from the results of various studies on brain research and positive psychology. Accordingly, purposeful, and positive actions should increase positive emotions in the team and lead to an excellent performance.
Compassion Fatigue in HR: The True Cost of Caring
Caring at lot takes its toll on HR professionals. Compassion fatigue is a real and debilitating stress response that impacts all areas of life. But who cares about the people who care about our people? Read on for a personal account and some tips to combat compassion fatigue.