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Happily.ai gives growth-stage CEOs continuous team signals through daily habits. Culture Amp gives enterprise HR teams periodic benchmarks through surveys. Here's how to choose.
7 Best Employee Engagement Tools for Growing Companies (50-500 Employees)
Engagement tools built for enterprises fail at the growth stage. Here are 7 platforms evaluated specifically for companies with 50-500 employees, with honest strengths, limitations, and fit ratings.
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS): The Complete Guide for Leaders Who Want Signal, Not Noise
A CEO's guide to eNPS: what it measures, where it breaks, benchmarks by industry, and 6 proven ways to improve it.
The State of Workplace Alignment 2026: 7 Research Findings Every CEO Needs to Know
Analysis of 10 million+ workplace interactions reveals why alignment has surpassed engagement as the critical metric, why nobody wants to be a manager, and what separates high-performing organizations from the rest.
Why Your Most Engaged Employees Are Your Biggest Employee Turnover Risk
High engagement doesn't prevent employee turnover. Our data shows the most responsive employees have 4x higher exit rates.
The 30-60-90 Day Plan for Managers: A CEO's Onboarding Playbook
A complete 30-60-90 day plan for managers with templates, checklists, and milestones to set new leaders up for success.
Manager Effectiveness Scorecard: Measure What Actually Matters
A data-backed scorecard to assess manager effectiveness across 8 dimensions. Based on analysis of 500K+ workplace interactions.
When Employee Recognition Drops, Turnover Follows: How to Predict Who's Leaving
Recognition frequency predicts employee turnover 87 days before resignation. Here's how to read the data.
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