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.

Slack has revolutionized the way we communicate in the workplace, making it easier for teams to collaborate and stay connected. However, with its constant notifications, messages, and channels, Slack can quickly become overwhelming and distracting. In this article, we will discuss how to make Slack less distracting and more productive.

When it comes to planning for success, people often use the terms "goals" and "objectives" interchangeably. However, these two terms have distinct meanings and understanding the difference between them is essential for effective planning. In this guide, we will explore the key differences 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 more about the stages of the Kübler-Ross Change Curve™, so you can lead your team toward 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.

10 conversation starters managers can go to for 1-on-1s that 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.

In this post, we’ll discuss how to use an impact effort matrix, when they are most effective, and how we utilize this tool at Charma.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

A lack of accountability in the workplace jeopardizes trust, work habits, and productivity. This article discusses how to build a positive culture of accountability in your workplace.

Our 15 effective meeting management strategies for before, during, and after a meeting will foster productivity, collaboration, and follow-through.