Josh Purvis

Chief Product Officer & Cofounder at Assembly

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuapurvis/

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Josh Purvis

Recognition & Rewards

Employee Milestones and the Significance of Long-term Recognition

Celebrate long-term employees. Discover how recognizing years of service boosts morale and employee engagement.

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Recognition & Rewards

The Link Between Employee Recognition and Team Collaboration

Learn key strategies for implementing a successful recognition program and how it transforms team collaboration and productivity.

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People Insights

35 Positive Feedback Examples You Can Use in 2026

Discover some positive feedback examples you can use for inspiration or verbatim today.

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Recognition & Rewards

Innovative Employee Recognition Ideas to Motivate Your Team

Discover how effective employee recognition boosts motivation & engagement in the workplace and contributes to long-term success.

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Engagement & Retention

The 4 E’s of Employee Engagement

Looking to make a big impact on engagement levels in your business fast? Focus your efforts on these four crucial areas.

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People Insights

Leveraging AI in HR for Tailored Employee Experiences

Learn the role of AI for HR in personalizing employee experiences and changing the future of work.

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Recognition & Rewards

Employee Recognition Ideas: How to Recognize Employees For a Job Well Done

Recognition is a powerful tool in the HR toolbox, but not all praise is equal. Learn how to celebrate your team effectively.

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People Insights

The Benefits of AI Integration in Human Resources (HR)

Explore the benefits of AI tools in HR functions. Learn how it boosts productivity and employee satisfaction.

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Engagement & Retention

The Purpose of a Meeting Agenda: Productivity and Efficiency

Well-structured meeting agendas improve employee efficiency, keep discussions focused, and ensure productive team collaboration.

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People Insights

Emerging AI Trends in HR: The Changing the Future of Work

Discover the biggest HR trends right now – and how HR teams can stay one step ahead of these developments during 2024

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Engagement & Retention

A Comprehensive Analysis of Knowledge Sharing Tools

Looking to have a knowledge-sharing platform in your organization? Here are the essential steps to follow. Read to find out.

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Engagement & Retention

Unlocking the Power of Knowledge Transfer in the Workplace

Learn effective technologically driven knowledge management solutions you can utilize.

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People Insights

Calculating Employee Turnover Rate: A Comprehensive Guide

Is your organization experiencing low retention rates? Click here for strategies to turn things around.

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Engagement & Retention

Why Reskilling is Key to Employee Engagement And Retention

Reskilling employees helps retain top talent, teaching existing employees skills to move into different areas of the business.

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Engagement & Retention

How to Set Clear Employee Expectations and Improve Productivity

Setting clear employee expectations is vital for a structured, professional environment. Here is how to do that effectively.

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Recognition & Rewards

Appreciation & Recognition Awards to Boost Employee Morale

Explore ways to acknowledge contributions through tangible rewards, personal development opportunities, and public recognition.

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Engagement & Retention

Knowledge Sharing Sessions: Topics, Benefits, and How to Improve Them

Explore 11 knowledge sharing session topics, key benefits and tips to improve these sessions across you team and organization.

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Engagement & Retention

How to Use a Prioritization Matrix to Boost Employee Productivity

Discover what a prioritization matrix is and how to use one to boost employee productivity in your organization.

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Engagement & Retention

7 Creative Intranet Content Ideas for Engaging Your Team

Discover how to create the kind of content that will have your employees logging in to your intranet everyday.

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Engagement & Retention

How to Choose the Best Intranet Type for Your Company

A comprehensive guide to selecting the ideal intranet type to boost your company's productivity and employee engagement.

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Engagement & Retention

Implementing a Successful Employee of the Month Program

Explore top tips for meaningful rewards and creating a positive work environment that keeps your team motivated and invested.

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Engagement & Retention

Build an Engaging Intranet to Enhance Employee Engagement

Learn how an effective intranet can transform your employee engagement, enhance communication & improve employee satisfaction.

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Engagement & Retention

The Successful Principles of Collaboration in the Workplace

Bake these five principles into your business to make sure your people collaborate as effectively as possible.

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Engagement & Retention

Your Guide for New Hire Onboarding Best Practices

Follow these onboarding best practices and your new teammates will be up to speed in no time.

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Engagement & Retention

Defining Workplace Collaboration for Modern Businesses

Collaboration in the workplace affects productivity. Learn to foster collaboration in your company for better results.

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Workplace Strategy

A Modern Intranet Platform to Enhance Your Internal Communications

Learn how an intranet makes it easier for your employees to collaborate – and the research-backed benefits that it brings.

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Engagement & Retention

Knowledge Sharing as a Competitive Advantage: How Organizations Benefit

One of the most underrated yet powerful tools at an organization's disposal is knowledge sharing. But what is it exactly?

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Engagement & Retention

5 Types of Intranets for the Workplace to Know About

Take a close look at the main types of workplace intranets to better understand which is the best fit for your organization.

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People Insights

5 Major Intranet Challenges to Avoid and How to Solve Them

Intranets are highly overlooked communication tools. Let us teach you to harness them for better employee satisfaction.

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People Insights

An Intranet: Understanding What it Is, its Uses and Benefits

Discover how an intranet could increase productivity, reduce turnover, and boost employee engagement across your business.

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Engagement & Retention

How to Build a Workplace Knowledge Management System (KMS)

Learn what a knowledge management system is, why you should have one, and how to build an effective KMS at your workplace.

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Engagement & Retention

Knowledge Sharing for Sustaining a Competitive Advantage

Discover why your business is making a big mistake if it’s not taking knowledge sharing seriously.

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Engagement & Retention

How to Set Effective Intranet Knowledge Sharing Goals and Objectives

Learn the importance of knowledge sharing & how to set effective goals and objectives that drive collaboration and innovation.

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Engagement & Retention

Knowledge Sharing Software and Platforms for Development Teams

Discover the best knowledge-sharing platforms for dev teams – and how to get your programmers to buy into using them.

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People Insights

Choosing the Right Intranet Portal for Your Company

Here’s how to pick an intranet that empowers your employees to get their work done faster and collaborate effectively.

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Engagement & Retention

Creating A Streamlined Onboarding Process For New Hires

A guide to improving the company onboarding process with a detailed explanation of how to streamline the process.

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Engagement & Retention

Top 5 Knowledge Sharing Best Practices for Employee Engagement

Discover 5 impactful knowledge-sharing best practices to build innovation, boost productivity, & drive employee engagement.

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Engagement & Retention

How Managers Can Encourage Knowledge Sharing Within The Team

Explore ways to promote a culture of knowledge-sharing within your teams to contribute to business growth and innovation.

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Engagement & Retention

Ignite Knowledge Sharing through Intranet: 10 Exceptional Practices & Tools to Foster Collaboration and Successful Knowledge Sharing

Foster collaboration, break barriers and drive success with exceptional practices and tools for workplace knowledge sharing.

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Engagement & Retention

How To Maximize Knowledge Sharing For Small Teams

A guide to knowledge sharing and a detailed explanation of how small teams can maximize their ideas for improved productivity.

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Engagement & Retention

Knowledge Sharing: Improving the Way Large Teams Communicate with Intranet

An overview of how large teams can improve communication with the right knowledge-sharing tools.

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Manager Effectiveness

Top Traits to Have to Be an Effective Project Manager

Looking to level up your project management skills? Discover the key traits & tips for mastering them in our comprehensive guide

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Workplace Strategy

How to Transition From a Remote Work Model to In-Office

Stick to these tips and your transition from a remote work model to working from the office is sure to go as smoothly as possible

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People Insights

4 Constructive Types of Feedback Managers Should Know

Learn effective constructive feedback types for managers to drive business success and enhance team performance.

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Manager Effectiveness

The Benefits of Management Development Training for Your Managers

Learn how management development training can improve your managers' skills and benefit your workplace.

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People Insights

Weighing Out Options in a Tough Economy - Layoff or Furlough

Discover the differences between layoffs & furloughs in a tough economy, with insights into current layoff trends & alternatives.

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People Insights

How Exit Interviews Can Help With Employee Retention

Follow these exit interview best practices to make sure you’re getting the most actionable feedback from your outgoing employees

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Engagement & Retention

Top 6 Retention Strategies for Hourly Employees

Stick to these tried-and-tested hourly employee retention strategies to reduce turnover, boost engagement, & improve wellbeing

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Manager Effectiveness

Your Guide on How to Calculate Employee Retention Rate

Your employee retention rate affects your business’s bottom line & productivity. Learn how to calculate & improve it.

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People Insights

Let's Talk Retention: The Benefits of Employee Feedback

Employee feedback & retention are two sides of the same coin, one can’t do without the other. Learn how to use feedback to retain

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Engagement & Retention

Stop the Revolving Door: How to Reduce Employee Turnover Now

Discover the seven reasons people most often leave their jobs – & how to address them to avoid the costs of a high staff turnover

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Engagement & Retention

Employee Retention Trends Impacting the Workplace

Learn what the most successful companies are doing to boost their retention rates 2023.

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People Insights

Helping You Put the OK Into Your OKRs Objectives & Key Results

What Are OKRs? A Guide For Setting Objectives & Key Results

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Engagement & Retention

What to Present for (OKR) Objectives & Key Results Standups

Foster success with team alignment and feedback management during your OKR standups.

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People Insights

Your Go To Template For An OKR Meeting Agenda

A guide to running an OKR meeting effectively and choosing the right type of OKR for your company.

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People Insights

KPIs vs. OKRs vs. Metrics, Which Is Best To Use?

Still at crossroads on whether to use an OKR or KPI as performance measurements for your new project?

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Manager Effectiveness

The Manager's Manual: How to be the Boss without Being a Boss

This manual covers how to build teamwork, motivate employees and create an engaging work environment. Get all the tips you need

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People Insights

The Top 6 Product Feedback Tools & Strategies

Discover the best strategies and methods for quickly and easily gathering the kind of feedback that can transform your products.

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People Insights

Improving Design Feedback Sessions: A Product Designer’s Guide

Discover how to get the kind of actionable feedback you can use to transform your products during design feedback sessions.

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People Insights

A Project Manager’s Guide to Retrospectives

A guide to leading your next project to success by running effective and valuable retrospective meetings.

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Engagement & Retention

The Methodology of a Sprint Retrospective Meeting

Get sprint retrospectives right and your team will improve every single sprint. Stick to these steps to transform your team

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People Insights

How to Collect, Review, & Store Product Feedback

Gathering product feedback is the only way to find out what your customers truly think – and make changes that will keep them.

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People Insights

The Benefits of 360-Degree Feedback In the Workplace

A well-planned 360-degree feedback process can boost overall team performance. Explore how and see practical ways to achieve this

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Engagement & Retention

Your First One-on-One Meeting as a New Manager

Everything you need to know to make your first one-to-one as a new manager – and everyone after it – a huge success.

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Engagement & Retention

Knowing What to Ask (and When) in One-on-One Meetings

Discover the questions that will take your 1-2-1s with your boss from casual catch-ups to the most valuable hour on your calendar

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Workplace Strategy

Top One-on-One Meeting Questions to Ask Direct Reports

Ask your reports these questions during your one-to-ones to make sure they're enjoying their work and are on track to hit all the

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Workplace Strategy

Do’s & Don’ts for One-on-One Meetings in the Workplace

Learn how to improve workplace efficiency with our guide on the Do’s & Dont's for One-on-One (1:1) Meetings

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Engagement & Retention

Prioritize Project Tasks With These Techniques

Got a to-do list as long as your arm, a dozen KPIs to hit, and three different 'top priorities? We got you.

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Engagement & Retention

15 Constructive Employee Engagement Strategies To Achieve Your Business Goals

​​Engaged employees are happier, more productive, and driven to achieve their goals. Here are 15 strategies to help create an en

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People Insights

10 Employee Engagement Survey Questions You Should Ask

Create impactful employee engagement surveys that drive meaningful insights, improve morale, and boost workplace productivity.

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Manager Effectiveness

5 Essential Qualities of a Good Manager

But as a manager, you don’t just work your primary job. You’re also now responsible for managing a team.

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People Insights

Creating an Effective Framework for Employee Performance Goals

Discover ways to create an effective framework for employee performance goals to take your business to the next level

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Workplace Strategy

How to Write a Successful Project Plan in 5 Easy Steps

If you want a project to come in on time and on budget, you’re going to need a plan.

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Workplace Strategy

The One-on-One Meeting Template You Need

One-on-one meetings are the bread and butter of management. Here is how to make them useful and productive for everyone involved.

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Workplace Strategy

How to Give and Take Constructive Criticism: 5 Methods for Success

Constructive criticism is a useful tool in the workplace, but it can be difficult to provide. Learn the ways to make it easier.

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Engagement & Retention

10 Best Task Management Software to Increase Productivity

Productivity is one of the most desired skills in the workplace, but it requires hard work. 

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Engagement & Retention

7 Examples of Professional Goals and How to Achieve Them

Check out 7 examples you can use for setting professional goals and finding that next step on your corporate ladder

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Engagement & Retention

Why one-on-one meetings should be a manager’s secret weapon (and why they’re usually not)

One-on-one meetings should be a manager’s secret weapon. So why do they so frequently miss the mark?

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Engagement & Retention

Workflow automation helps maximize your most valuable resource – your time.

This might change in the future but as of now, time is the only non-renewable resource. You may have never thought about time...

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Workplace Strategy

301 Icebreaker Questions For Work to Build Meaningful Work Relationships

Build better coworker relationships with small steps, meaningful conversations, and icebreakers to boost engagement at work.

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People Insights

Get the Most Out of Exit Surveys

Let’s face it - whether employees leave voluntarily or not, exit surveys and interviews can be somewhat awkward

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Engagement & Retention

A Modern Intranet is Your New Digital Workplace

Intranet historically has not been a cool, up-to-date concept. The reputation of intranets has never been great but instead

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Engagement & Retention

5 Tips to Make One-on-Ones Successful

Having a regular one-on-one with your employee or manager is very underrated. On the one hand - why have regular one-on-ones when

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Workplace Strategy

Why Company Core Values Are Important and How to Reinforce Them

Your company's core values serve as the North Star for employees, guiding each person to make the best decisions for your busi...

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Engagement & Retention

Top 16 Ways to Motivate Employees

People are at the center of every business regardless of the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence. Profits, productivi...

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Engagement & Retention

Employee Turnover Costs Are Expensive -You Can Do Something

Employee turnover cost is talked about so frequently but rarely acted upon, typically for the reason that many in leadership...

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Engagement & Retention

The good fight and why you should encourage conflict in your workplace.

This is likely the exact opposite of what you’d expect to hear from a recognition and engagement company. While we indeed prom...

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Engagement & Retention

Team Building During A Pandemic

You miss the days when you could play bubble soccer with your teammates (if you haven't played, I highly recommend it for a go...

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Engagement & Retention

Unsure How To Take Advantage of the Employee Retention Credit? Find Out How It Works and If Your Business Qualifies

The Employee Retention Credit under the CARES Act encourages businesses to keep employees on their payroll. The refundable tax...

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People Insights

We're Evolving

We are proud to announce the launch of our new company name and logo as part of the ongoing evolution of our company’s mission...

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Engagement & Retention

Why Transparency Fans the Flames of Purpose

Transparency, as it pertains to behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It says “I trust you and I valu...

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