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At Charma, we understand that achieving your goals is the cornerstone of your success story. That's why we're thrilled to unveil our updated Goals tool, offering improved goal visualization and greater flexibility in setting your goals.

Feedback is vital to creating an empathetic, people-oriented, and evolving work culture. Use these 10 universal feedback templates to strengthen your culture, usable across departments and teams of all shapes and sizes.

Learn about the latest upgrades to our feedback tool and how you can use them to foster a culture of continuous feedback and create alignment at your company.

Discover how transitioning to Performance Enablement can unlock employee potential and drive growth, especially in the hybrid era.

Save time with UpdateAI. Automate status updates, project summaries, sales reports and more with integrated CRM data

Show your team you appreciate them with a team celebration! Learn about the benefits of team celebrations and put our ideas into practice.

We break down how to manage Gen Z in the workplace, what they’re looking for, and how to attract and retain Gen Zers.

Learn how to create a brainstorming meeting agenda and how to facilitate an effective brainstorming session.

We break down flexibility in the workplace, including why it’s so vitak and what you can do to provide your team with more flexibility.

What are SMART goals? We break down how to set SMART goals, and provide examples of how they can benefit individuals, teams, and organizations.

We break down the benefits of a 30 60 90 day plan, what medium to use, tips for crafting a 30 60 90 day plan when you begin a job, and what to include.

Make every daily standup meeting a success! We break down the benefits of the daily standup meeting, what a successful one looks like, and pitfalls to avoid.

We dive into the types of AI, the best tools for work and productivity, and how to choose the best AI tools for your work.

Announcing AgendaAI. The first AI assistant that converts your Slack firehose into organized meeting agendas.

Learn how to make Slack less distracting and more productive by coming up with a strategy on how to effectively utilize the tool.

In this guide, we'll explore key the difference between goals and objectives and provide tips for setting and achieving both.

Charma co-founder and CEO Adam Berke writes about our decision to rebrand from WorkPatterns to Charma and the future we're striving for.

For years, insider-led rounds weren’t something to discuss in polite company. Learn why an entrepreneur might opt for an insider-led round over new investors.

Learn why team building is important, including strategies for running effective team building sessions with remote, distributed, and hybrid teams.

Learn about the importance of setting clear expectations as a remote manager and how to set employee expectations for remote workers.

Learn about the Kübler-Ross Change Curve™ (also known as the five stages of grief) so you can lead your team towards continued success in an ever-evolving business landscape.

To see through the next phase of our vision, we’re thrilled to announce a new $4.2m round of funding led by our existing investor Javelin Venture Partners, with super pro rata participation from other existing investors Founders Fund (who led our first round), Zoom, and Merus Capital.

Find out what conscious leadership is and how you can use it to become a better leader.

Learn more about the negative impacts of perception bias, including the many different types of perception biases out there and how your team can overcome them.

One-on-one meetings are the backbone of the employee-manager relationship and vital to a team’s success. Read our 9 one-on-one meeting best practices.

Read and save our 40 questions to ask your boss during one-on-ones, performance reviews, and casual conversation.

We break down what a ‘zone of genius’ is and how you can discover and utilize your own zone of genius.

Does your team struggle with social loafing? Are you a social loafer yourself? Learn more about social loafing and how to reduce it on remote teams.

How to run, refine and reap the rewards from your most significant virtual gathering—brought to you by our friends at SavvyCal.

Understand signs of disengagement at work, as well as strategies you can use to improve employee engagement and prevent churn.

Ten conversation starters managers can go to for one-on-ones when you don't have an agenda.

Learn what context switching is, the cost of multitasking, and what you can do to prevent context switching at work.

Learn what makes a good skip level meeting, how to create a skip level meeting agenda, and key questions for both managers and employees to ask.

360s are now available in Charma—simplifying what it takes to gather the crucial feedback people need to grow personally and professionally.

Learn about what a catch-up meeting is, the benefits of a catch-up meeting, and best practices for running them effectively.

Learn why consistent meeting cadence is important, what cadence options are available, and how to choose the right meeting cadence for your one-on-ones.

Learn how to utilize a coaching plan in one-on-one meetings, including how to implement the GROW coaching technique to help employees reach their potential.

We outline seven strategies managers can put into action to finally do meeting preparation right.

Should we want to work without limits? Haven’t so many people been pushed to their limit over the past few years? Is it right to lean into the workaholic culture that is deeply penetrated into our society?

Decision making as a team can be challenging. This article offers tips on choosing a decision making framework & ideas on different decision making models.

Using an effective meeting notes template can ensure everyone is on the same page after a meeting. Learn how to make meeting notes work for you and your team.

Learn about the benefits of an onboarding meeting, how to prepare a first team meeting agenda, and what questions to ask new team members.

When we started WorkPatterns (now Charma) in 2018, with the mission to build a better toolkit for people management

Performance reviews are challenging for both managers and employees. Learn how to prepare and what performance review questions to ask as a manager or employee.

A new year meeting sets your team up for success in the new year ahead. Learn about the benefits of a new year meeting and use our ideas to get started.

Goal trackers can be a great way to align team priorities. But if the process becomes so complex that it distracts from getting work done, what's the point?

Read our year-end staff meeting ideas to help you and your entire team end the year on a high note and greet the new year with enthusiasm.

Discover which types of one-on-one questions you should absolutely avoid, and what you should be asking instead.

In this post, we’ll discuss the importance of team meetings, why you need team meeting agendas, and five steps for boosting team morale with effective team meetings.

Are there any benefits to micromanagement? How can you be a successful manager by leading your employees instead of breathing down their necks? Here's everything you need to know.

In this article we discuss personal user manuals, including the benefits, how we utilize them at Charma, and strategies for implementing them in your workplace.

Giving critical feedback is one of the most impactful things you can do as a manager. It’s also one of the hardest. Can a recent AI breakthrough help improve your feedback?

Manager Dash shows you how your team is using Charma with analytics. Get overviews of meeting collaboration and feedback patterns so you can coach employees.

Get practical insight on the benefits and drawbacks of cross-functional collaboration and how you can enhance the effectiveness of your cross-functional team.

Prepare to upgrade your management workflows with a look at how Charma is expressly built for more effective one-on-one meetings.

Learn more about OKRs, the drawbacks and benefits of OKRs for agile teams, and how agile teams can successfully adopt OKRs.

Find out what inclusive leadership is and how you can use it to be a better leader.

Keep your team on track and aligned for actionable results with effective meeting agendas. Pick up some quick tips on building the best meeting agendas.

Learn the difference between asynchronous and synchronous communication, the benefits of asynchronous communication, and how to navigate communication as a remote team.

Use the Getting Things Done system to build better agenda lists and have hyper-effective meetings.

An impact vs. effort matrix is a simple yet powerful prioritization tool and is designed to help teams get on the same page.

Understand the basics of transactional leadership, its pros and cons, and what you can do to prevent its limitations.

Pick up four simple strategies for turning team goals into action items, the types of goals your team should set, and how to keep your team on track.

Keep reading to learn more about the importance of building trust in the workplace and 5 simple steps to build trust within virtual teams.

Zoom validates Charma commitment to giving managers superpowers by selecting us as one of their first investments.

Pick up some remote onboarding best practices from the perspective of employees who went through their own remote onboarding experiences.

Uncover the differences between synchronous and asynchronous communication, the pros and cons of synchronous communication, and best practices for remote teams.

Whether you’re managing remote employees or working across divisions, learning how to navigate the five different communication styles will help you communicate more effectively.

Slack’s main selling point is its greatest flaw. Read about the negative effects of slack holes and fast communication, and pick up some tips for better team workflows.

Charma for Zoom Apps launches, connecting people management to day to day workflows! The new in-meeting experience boosts productivity and engagement. Keep your workflow going before, during, and after your meetings.

Boost team morale for your remote team with five simple techniques, highlighting the importance of morale and signs of low morale.

A manager's framework for measuring and increasing team engagement. Plus, actionable employee engagement ideas and best practices for remote and distributed teams.

For many organizations, off-sites are being welcome as an alternative to daily on-site collaboration. In this article, we share our tips and techniques to running effective off-site meetings.

Motivate employees with a fresh take on inspiring motivation across an organization, and how to maintain that motivation long-term.

Learn how to be better at giving and receiving constructive criticism, and how to put it into action.

Having too many meetings is a real issue, and when they are poorly scheduled or run ineffectively, they can disrupt workplace productivity and wellness.

An exploration of Tuckman’s five stages of team development, including how they apply to a modern workforce and how managers can use them to build team cohesion.

Learn more about the importance of employee recognition, including the benefits to your business and how to establish a culture of employee appreciation.

Adaptability Quotient (AQ) measures the ability to adapt. Learn how to improve your adaptability and how businesses can promote adaptability in the workplace.

Could 360 degree feedback benefit your business? Learn about the advantages and disadvantages as well as how to implement it in your organization.

Learn about the importance of managing up, including when you should manage up, best practices, and common managing up mistakes.

Many of us have gotten a little too comfortable on Zoom. Use Zoom etiquette 101 to brush up your etiquette, for more productive and engaging meetings.

Our People Management App is now Available to All Intentional Leaders and Ambitious Teams

The Charma design rebrand process according to the 5 principles of logo design

Announcing the beta launch of Charma. Calling all intentional managers and ambitious contributors to get early access!

Get the new version of Charma's Chrome extension and never visit charma.com again! Stay in the flow without losing track of discussion topics.

Understanding millennials in the workplace is critical. Here you’ll find actionable tips and insight into how to motivate and engage millennials.

A comprehensive guide to understanding what transformational leadership is and, how you can develop your leadership skills to adopt its many benefits in your organization.

Learn about the many benefits of virtual team building including a list of unique team building activities and free ice breaker ideas.

Introducing action items to document decisions made in your one-on-ones and build a culture of accountability in the workplace.

Introducing People Management Systems—an emerging category filling a problematic void for managers and teams. Welcome to the Future of Work.

It’s time to take a close look at your management style. Use our list of telltale signs you’re a micromanager and find out how you can improve your management skills.

Manager Assistant puts best practices on autopilot. Improve team morale with suggested topics, frictionless feedback, and employee recognition.

Common misguided takeaways readers have from High Output Management by Andy Grove and how managers can leverage the book in their one-on-ones.

Announcing the launch of Goals in Charma. In Charma, goal setting is simplified and, connected to your day-to-day.

Learn more about the benefits of change management, including how to implement a change management strategy and change management best practices.

Learn why building rapport is essential to a one-on-one meeting and how you can use one-on-ones to build rapport with each of your team members.

The key to better one-on-ones is what happens between meetings— both the manager & employee should collaborate on a shared agenda. So, we updated your workspace layout to facilitate this.

Working as a distributed team surfaces best practices we should have had all along. Let's move from management by interruption to asynchronous management.

Adaptive leadership helps teams embrace change and continuous improvement. Learn about the principles of adaptive leadership and practical applications.