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Rob Catalano, Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango, shares insights on how leaders can enhance employee engagement through simple, regular micro-doses of recognition and feedback. He discusses his career transition from what he thought was his dream job (customer experience marketing) and how that translated into his actual dream job (engaging employee experiences). Why is it that so many employees at recognizable brands are miserable? He recognized the need for leaders to create environments where employees can be raving fans just as we seek our customers to be raving fans. Rob offers practical tips for how to recognize employee contributions and deliver constructive feedback in a way that unleashes talent and uplifts workplace culture for overall organizational success. The discussion also highlights generational differences in feedback expectations, particularly with Gen Z employees. Catalano advocates for a culture of curiosity over blame, encouraging leaders to engage in meaningful conversations that foster growth and development. Additional Resources Connect with Lee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeallenscott/ Learn more about Unleashing Leaders: https://www.unleashingleaders.com/ Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peopleforward-network Learn more about PeopleForward Network: https://peopleforwardnetwork.com/ Listen to the original episode on Unlocked podcast: https://sites.libsyn.com/458334/unlocking-potential-by-becoming-unleashed-with-lee-scott Reach out to Rob personally or at Worktango to see how you can use technology to enhance and expand your employee's engagement and retention. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcatalano/https://www.worktango.com/ Key Takeaways: Positive employee sentiment is crucial for organizational success. Recognition is best when it is SMT - Specific, Meaningful, and Timely. Feedback doesn't have to take a lot of time, but you must make some time for it. Feedback is better in smaller, more frequent micro-doses. Focus recognition more on employee's contributions and competencies and less on longevity.

Rob Catalano is tapping into the opportunity to help us sharpen our listening skills so that we can truly make an impact via feedback. He has navigated a dynamic career path focused on enhancing employee experiences across organizations. He is deeply invested in transforming workplace cultures through effective listening and structured feedback. In this episode, Rob discusses replacing blame with curiosity to foster psychological safety and enhance employee feedback mechanisms. He emphasizes the importance of frequent, structured listening and actionable responses to foster a culture of continuous improvement and genuine engagement with host Nikki Lewallen Gregory. Additional Resources:Connect with Nikki on LinkedIn Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn Learn more about PeopleForward Network Connect with Rob on LinkedIn Learn more about WorkTango

Old friend of future foHRward and Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango, Rob Catalano is one of the top thought leaders on employee engagement. In this episode with co-host Naomi Titleman, he shares his journey getting into the area of engagement and his passion of improving lives at work. Rob talks about how the best companies are increasingly measuring the whole employee experience and their employee's relationship with work through a set of diagnostic questions. Naomi and Rob reflect on the shift from HR owning and controlling the process of measurement and “protecting” leaders from receiving the feedback that they need to improve, to providing leaders with access to the information so they can action it.They also talk about the power of democratizing rewards and recognition to all people to drive culture change.You can learn more about Rob's work and follow him on LinkedIn here –You can also learn more about WorkTango here – www.worktango.comQuick reminderDon't forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at www.futurefoHRward.com/foHRsight.Follow us on LinkedIn:Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/Naomi - www.linkedin.com/in/naomititlemancolla/future foHRward - www.linkedin.com/company/future-fohrward/And on Instagram - www.instagram.com/futurefohrward/foHRsight+ is a private digitally-powered community for forward thinking senior HR leaders committed to making work better. Sign up here to join us at our virtual Open House on March 7th and here to express interest in the next cohort!Support the show

Welcome to the Use Case Podcast, episode 257. Today we'll be talking to Patrick from WorkTango about the use case or business case for why his customers choose WorkTango.

The HR tech space has been consolidating heavily over the past few years while money is pouring into this space like never before amid the pandemic and upheaval of the workforce. Funding in the sector totaled nearly $7.5 billion at the end of 2021 – more than the totals for 2019 and 2020 combined. Kazoo, the all-in-one employee experience platform, recently announced the acquisition of WorkTango, the Toronto-based employee experience survey and people analytics company.Bill is joined by WorkTango Chief Engagement Officer & Co-Founder, Rob Catalano. Questions Include: Why partner with Kazoo? Before we get into the functionalities, what was the brand fit? Short term: Kazoo and WorkTango will initially operate their platforms individually as they work to fully integrate both the teams and the solutions. You will join Kazoo's executive team as Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer. Tell me about the transition period and what it will; mean for your customers in the short term. Longer-term: Through this acquisition, Kazoo will expand its capabilities with WorkTango's comprehensive employee listening solution that gathers employee feedback via configurable templates, intelligently analyzes the data in automated dashboards, and recommends next steps for people leaders based on those insights. Additionally, Kazoo will leverage WorkTango's expertise in data, analytics, and AI across the platform to unlock a more complete understanding of an employee's day-to-day experience. Tell me about the new combined functionality you'll now offer to customers. Any advice for others thinking of starting an HR tech business? What are your predictions for the HR tech space over the next 12-24 months? As the HR tech space continues to grow, Kazoo's acquisition aims to create better technology experiences for both HR leaders and employees, and provide the only solution in the market with employee engagement, recognition and performance management capabilities in a single platform. Through this acquisition, Kazoo will expand its capabilities with WorkTango's comprehensive employee listening solution. For more details, you can find the full press release linked here.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media 

This week in HR technology: KazooHR, Go1 expand with acquisitions, ADP adds new capabilities to WorkMarket, and more.

This week in HR technology: KazooHR, Go1 expand with acquisitions, ADP adds new capabilities to WorkMarket, and more.

Blind, the anonymous professional social network, announced the launch of Talent by Blind. Talent by Blind connects some of the hardest-to-reach software engineers with some of the fastest-growing startups and most innovative companies in the U.S., streamlining job offers and placements for developers and other technologists. Blind sources and vets candidates from its community of more than 5 million verified professionals. visit www.talentbyblind.com. https://hrtechfeed.com/blind-launches-talent-by-blind-to-help-employers-recruit-hard-to-reach-engineers/  GR8 People, a leading talent acquisition software innovator, announced a new integration with LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect to streamline the source-to-hire workflow and improve the recruiting process for its users. https://hrtechfeed.com/gr8-people-integrates-with-linkedin-recruiter/ Remote, a leader in building, managing and supporting global, distributed workforces, today announced a $300 million Series C financing round, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with participation from existing investors. https://hrtechfeed.com/remote-secures-300-million-series-c/ Kazoo, the employee experience platform, today announced the acquisition of WorkTango, the Toronto-based employee experience survey and people analytics company that gives employees a voice and leaders actionable insights to create a more engaged workforce.  https://hrtechfeed.com/employee-experience-platform-kazoo-acquires-worktango/ Hirewell has acquired Rainmakers to continue its mission to create a tech-enabled talent ecosystem, following last year's $21M investment from Prytek. https://hrtechfeed.com/hirewell-acquires-rainmakers-a-recruiting-platform-for-tech-sales-talent/

Engaging employees during uncertainty feels tricky. But it might not be as hard as you think. It takes emotional intelligence, communication and the application of the basics of engagement like recognition and setting goals. But the thing is, you may have to be more intentional about it. I spoke with Rob Catalano of WorkTango. It's a platform to help you listen to employees better and create more engagement. So he has learned a thing or two about engagement. www.worktango.com

Special Guest: Rob Catalano: Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango Employee Voice is one of the four critical enabler of Engagement. Employee Voice is a crucial area deserving of both ingenuity and attention. In order to maintain a workforce environment where employees can be engaged and perform successfully, a new approach to hearing and acting on the voice of employees is being adopted by innovative organizations. In this session, Rob will talk about: * Why focusing on a better Employee Voice strategy is important * The evolution of Employee Voice, and why certain methods are outdated and no longer adequate on their own * Proven effective methods and practical solutions to supporting an inspirational future of Employee Voice * Examples of companies that are doing it well Rob is the Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango, and has spent the last 18 years consulting companies on employee engagement while building HR technology and advisory companies. He is the Canadian Chairperson for The Enterprise Engagement Alliance, with a mandate to lead and help educate corporate, government and not-for-profit management on a formal process for implementing engagement across the enterprise community. He is active in the Engage for Success movement, focused on raising the profile of the impact of employee engagement on employee and business success, and he was named one of the 100 Top Global Employee Engagement Influencers in 2020. He is an avid hockey and volleyball player, traveller, used to play guitar in a metal band, and in his own terms a ‘pointaholic' – he collects loyalty points for everything and anything! Join us as we discuss why focusing on a better Employee Voice strategy is important Listen Live (Archive Available) Host:  Jo Moffatt

Do you want to implement new policies in your organization? Well, first you need to find out how your employees feel about them and how they will be affected. In this episode, we have Rob Catalano joining me on the show. He will be telling us the impact he is making in the HR technology world. Rob is the chief engagement officer at WorkTango. He is passionate about helping companies succeed by leveraging technology to make employees successful. With his experience in HR Technology as a founding employee at Achievers, Rob co-founded WorkTango software that helps give employees a voice and companies actionable insight. WorkTango works towards shifting employee feedback to active conversations and enables leaders to act.   Rob's Biggest Challenge The biggest challenge for Rob has been discussions and decisions around infusing capital in a world where the world of HR technology is blowing up. There's so much investment and acquisition because now people realize all the technology they have had for their customers, prospects and marketing folks. For the last five to six years, the company has been client funded. Rob's Inner Superpower Rob Prides in his ability to work hard through unknowns.  He has worked with startup companies for over 23 years. Some companies had less than five employees and no clear path, yet he still made it through. According to Rob, it's always a matter of moving forward and just being relentless regardless of the obstacles that are in your way.     Rob's Morning Routine Rob is huge on consistency when it comes to his morning routine.  His day begins between 5:30 am and 6:30. He starts with working out, yoga or meditation, then gets ready for the day. He then replies to emails, and makes sure he has time to support people and meet his employees. Timestamps: [01:04] Getting to know Rob Catalano [02:23] An example of how Rob helps small businesses [12:55] The biggest challenge that Rob has experiences [14:25] Rob's inner superpower [15: 35] Rob's morning ritual [16:51] Rob's plan for his company Quotes: "The next definition of growth is, we're actively hiring, bringing on people that are passionate about our passion statement." "We're up against companies that are over a billion dollars valuation, and no one's matching the support scores that we provide our Customers. If we continue making the customer our core focus, we will be successful." "Once you get funding, then you have to make decisions based on, making the dollars, it's not just about the customer experience"   Connect with Rob Catalano: LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robcatalano Twitter: https://twitter.com/robcatalano?lang=en Website: https://worktango.com/

How is employee VOICE in the workplace different from SATISFACTION or ENGAGEMENT? Well, it's more frequent, measures more than engagement or satisfaction (although it might do that too), and it may be diagnostic. I spoke with Rob Catalano who started and runs WorkTango which is a tool to help their customers understand the perspective of their employees. Employee voice can be used to understand the sentiment of employees in general but also in response to particular initiatives or changes. For example, it could help measure the effectiveness of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. And, if shared with leaders, can help them respond quickly to the feedback of their own employees. worktango.com

Fostering a team culture based on motivation and positive feedback is the best way to increase engagement. Employee engagement is vital to improving overall company performance, just ask Rob Catalano!   Rob Catalano is the Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango. Rob started off studying Marketing at... The post Building a Team Culture with Rob Catalano – September 8, 2020 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Rob Catalano is passionate about helping companies succeed – by leveraging technology to make employees successful.  Rob co-founded and is the Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango, a software firm that helps give employees a voice and companies actionable insight. He was recently named a Top 100 Global Employee Engagement Influencer and is a popular speaker on the topic of engagement.  We thought he was the right person to ask for a high performance tip on building high employee engagement.  Enjoy this DamnSmartSnippet!

This weeks *Guest-Stars*: Rob Catalano: Chief Engagement Officer at WorkTango, 2019 TOP Global Employee Engagement Influencer, Speaker, and 80's metal band guitar player -Jennifer Trask: 2019 Life Coach of the Year by Toronto Star readers, Founder of the Joyous Journey mindset community for driven entrepreneurs, Business coach and advisor. Auntie of 6! They bring to TFR their vast experiences, insights, mindsets and stories on: -Feedback and recognition is so important in employee engagement and it's not a 'yearly' thing. -Work place missions vs. passions. -Finding the Joy (a big theme so far on TFR) -Build your clarity, watch your confidence increase. Influencing starts with the tools to understand ourselves better and being transparent to others. This is going to feel right! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisfeelsright/message

Join in for a conversation with Rob Catalano, Co-Founder and CEO (Chief Engagement Officer) at WorkTango. WorkTango is an HR software company based out of Toronto with a passion to improve work lives. Rob started out his career in the world of traditional marketing for consumer goods and quickly got interested in what drove human behaviour. He became one of the early employees at Achievers, the employee rewards program. This was not the master plan. Rob had left the marketing world to start his next venture but it was a fateful application to a bootstrapped startup he didn't know about that propelled a 10-year career into the world of HR and changing workplaces. After Achievers was acquired Rob had the choice of staying on as a C-suite executive with a very cushy compensation package but he left it to pursue his passion. He left Achievers with his co-founder to bootstrap WorkTango and it's been a 4-year journey of building a company with a passion, not a mission. We cover Rob's various inflection points in his journey, making tough but obvious decisions, and following a passion.

Rob Catalano, Chief Engagement Officer and Co-Founder for WorkTango talks with Chris about some of the major trends for 2019 in talent management, as well as the importance of listening to the Employee Voice.  Zakiya Mabery, Founder and President of B. Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning talks about organizations that are reluctant to disrupt their traditional leadership models, and what it takes for an organization to see transformation in their diversity and thought processes. 

Rob Catalano, Chief Engagement Officer and Co-Founder for WorkTango talks with Chris about some of the major trends for 2019 in talent management, as well as the importance of listening to the Employee Voice. Zakiya Mabery, Founder and President of B. Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning talks about organizations that are reluctant to disrupt their traditional leadership models, and what it takes for an organization to see transformation in their diversity and thought processes.This show is brought to you by Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Rob is passionate about helping companies succeed by leveraging technology to make employees successful. With his unique experience in HR Technology as a founding employee at Achievers, Rob co-founded WorkTango – a software that helps give employees a voice and companies actionable insight. He has recently been named as a 2018 Top Global Employee Engagement Influencer, has had the privilege of speaking in over 30 cities the past three years, and loves the opportunity to connect with passionate HR leaders across the globe. He is an avid hockey and volleyball player, traveler and, in his own terms, a point-alcoholic. He likes collecting points for anything and everything. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The HR Gazette's sister show, WorkingTech, Bill Banham talks with WorkTango and innovateworkTO Co-Founder Rob Catalano. Bill and Rob discuss how tech is changing the ways employees get feedback and the upcoming #iwTORONTO series of events.

Host Bill Banham discusses with Rob Catalano, founder of WorkTango, how managers can build authentic and trusting relationships with employees and teams. Rob and his team believe that managers are strategic in influencing employees' behaviours and performance.By leveraging technology we can improve people's experience at work by shifting the traditional performance management model to on that allows a company to become more agile. This often requires change management and a culture shift.

Special Guest: Rob Catalano, Co-Founder at WorkTango Rob Catalano is passionate about helping companies succeed by leveraging technology to make employees successful. He is the co-founder of WorkTango – a platform that helps companies and managers set frequent goals and enable continuous feedback that drives employee performance and engagement. This discussion is focused on the future of performance management in today’s robust and changing workforce. Join us to discuss why traditional annual performance management processes do not seem to be working and how they are being replaced by new agile practices. We will discuss what agile performance management is, why it’s different, why it is important and what considerations companies must make to make it successful. Host: Jo Moffatt

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