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OpenBlend – the platform for great conversations at work, has won the coveted title of ‘Best HR Software’ at this year’s UK Employee Experience Awards.

OpenBlend today announces a series of product developments that make it easier for managers and employees to have the regular and effective conversations that drive performance.

OpenBlend have contributed to this interactive report from People Management, with insight and quotes from our customer Joseph Joseph

The Joseph Joseph team was impressed by OpenBlend’s ability to facilitate manager-employee conversations that go beyond objective-setting.

The cost-of-living crisis has created immense stress and anxiety for employees, but what can HR do to support its people when financial aid isn’t an option?

What can we expect to see from HR next year? Here are five people-focused trends that will feature high on the agenda.

OpenBlend secures ‘HR Tech Provider of the Year’ Award at the Personnel Today Awards 2022. And is honoured as one of the ‘Top 25 Work Tech Vendors’ by Inspiring Workplaces.

The judges described OpenBlend’s coaching-led performance management software as a ‘truly powerful submission that solves a giant challenge’

New research suggests managers lack confidence when talking to employees about informal issues such as wellbeing and work-life balance. But how can HR help?

The most ineffective managers have three and a half times more quiet quitters than the best managers – should we, in fact, be looking at managers, not employees in the face of quiet quitting?

In a sparkling ceremony, the HR profession celebrated its resilience through turbulent times at the 2022 CIPD People Management Awards. Find out more about OpenBlend's win.

Wellbeing and purpose are at the top of employees' agendas. And they want to talk to their managers and HR teams about it. Find out more in our latest research.

HR leaders lack confidence in managers’ ability to talk informally with employees about subjects like wellbeing or flexible working arrangements, read our research findings.

HR leaders are less confident in managers’ ability to hold effective conversations around informal issues compared with more formal topics such as objective-setting and development.

Performance reviews or performance appraisals are a typical way for employers and HR to measure how an employee is performing over a particular period of time. We explore.

There is no bigger issue that retail bosses are facing right now than great resignation. It is worse than supply chain mismanagement.

Retention is the biggest item on HR’s agenda right now but are performance-centric one-to-ones doing more harm than good in the UK retail sector? We explore.

Hybrid workers not only want to split their time between the office and home, but they also want to do so in a way that suits their own needs and personal commitments.

Only 23% of manager-employee conversations are being tracked using software across the UK retail industry.

Research released by OpenBlend reveals that manager-employee conversations are failing to address the topics that matter most to retail workers.

The value of employee offboarding is rising up the HR agenda. Here’s how HR teams can optimise the benefits – both for themselves and the organisation.

Two years on from the first lockdown, the level of HR burnout we’re seeing is unreal. Find out where we think the solution lies.

UKTN spoke to tech leaders including OpenBlend's CEO & Founder, Anna Rasmussen, to find out what’s causing employee burnout – and how to prevent it.

As businesses switch to hybrid, it’s important to remember the darker side that could be having a negative impact on the women in your organisation.

Balance, it sounds great doesn't it? Something we all aspire too. Our work and life are inextricably linked.

Technology alone isn’t enough in HR transformation. A customer success team is key and here's why.

Here is some advice from women across the world of business about how companies can ‘break the bias’.

This year’s Employee Appreciation Day is perhaps more important than ever before.

Here’s what every business needs to know about the relationship between employee needs and business success.

How can you find out what is actually driving employee performance and satisfaction, to protect your business from the great resignation? The short answer is: ask.

OpenBlend client and tech fitness brand Gymshark's CPO, Dave Parry, shares all with UNLEASH.

The move to hybrid working over the past two years has thrown up a range of challenges for businesses. Managers are looking at how they have traditionally done things and asking if there is a better way.

With research showing 84% of millennials look to leave their jobs within the first two years, employers want to tailor their perks packages to their employees' needs.

Hybrid workers not only want to split their time between the office and home, but they also want to do so in a way that suits their own needs and personal commitments.

Only 23% of manager-employee conversations are being tracked using software across the UK retail industry.

Research released by OpenBlend reveals that manager-employee conversations are failing to address the topics that matter most to retail workers.