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SKOR High-Performance Insights
Discover the SKOR Blog – your source for expert insights on workplace culture, leadership, and high-performance teams. Get actionable strategies, real-world examples, and thought-provoking perspectives to help you create a thriving organization. Stay ahead with the latest trends and best practices in team performance and leadership!
Recent Articles


Accountability: The Foundation of High-Performing Teams
In elite sports, accountability isn't optional—it's everything. Every player knows their position, their responsibilities, and their performance metrics. The quarterback knows the play. The receiver knows the route. The defense knows the scheme. Everyone is aligned because the cost of confusion is visible and immediate: a blown play, a missed tackle, a lost game.
Jul 202 min read


One Team. Many Plays. One Goal.
In American football, offense and defense play very different roles. But no one questions they’re on the same team. They wear the same...
Jul 142 min read


The Real Cost of a Lost Minute
Leadership isn’t just about big decisions and bold strategies. It ’s about the small actions — the daily clarity, accountability, and...
Jul 62 min read


Your Engagement Score Isn’t Lying — It’s Just Not Telling You the Real Truth
You’ve seen the number.
A 68. Or maybe a 72.
Your team’s “engagement” score is in. Now what?
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: engagement scores are great at measuring how people feel, but terrible at showing how teams are actually performing.
Jun 302 min read


Why Your Best People are Likely Quitting
Most companies assume their managers are doing fine — until the best people quietly leave, burnout spreads, and teams stall out. It’s not...
Jun 232 min read


The Apple Watch for Teams: Sync Your Team Metrics, Boost Your Performance
Imagine every person on your team was wearing an Apple Watch — not to track their steps or heart rate, but to measure things that...
Jun 162 min read


Your Teams Don’t Suck — Their Leaders Might
Leaders and their teams are assessed differently, because effective leadership isn’t self-reported — it’s experienced.
Jun 92 min read


Training Isn’t Enough. Proof Is.
Most companies invest in manager training with the right intentions. Better communication, stronger leadership, more engaged teams.
And that’s a great start. But it’s not enough.
Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: you can’t improve what you don’t measure.
Jun 12 min read


Culture Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a System.
Too many leaders still treat culture like a mood. If people seem upbeat, the assumption is things are good. If turnover rises or results...
May 282 min read


It’s Not Culture. It’s How You’re Leading.
Underperforming teams are one of the most overlooked profit killers in business.
And most of it comes down to one thing: leadership.
May 192 min read


Your Managers Are the Strategy
In most organizations, the manager is the difference between a team that thrives and one that quietly underperforms. And yet, most leadership teams have no real system for measuring how managers lead.
May 53 min read


Final Thought: The Tax Refund You Control
You can’t avoid tax season, but you can control how much you pay. Reducing the Disengagement Tax isn’t about cutting costs—it’s about reclaiming lost potential.
Apr 282 min read


Looking to Lower Your Taxes? Try More Cohesion.
A disconnected team is a disengaged team. And disengagement? That's a tax no leader can afford to pay. Cohesion is a cure for...
Apr 82 min read


Your Best Player Won’t Save You—But Your Team Will
March Madness, Workplace Magic: A 4-part series (Article 2 of 4) No team wins a championship on the back of one star player. Not Michael...
Mar 113 min read


Coaching Your Team to Victory
March Madness, Workplace Magic: A 4-part series (Article 1 of 4) As the madness of March sweeps across the nation, college basketball...
Mar 42 min read


SKOR Welcomes Alyson Daichendt to its Board of Advisors
SKOR, the trusted culture measurement platform helping organizations unlock profitability by fostering environments where individuals and...
Feb 242 min read


SKOR Officially Launches The Elevate Partner Program
At SKOR, we are committed to building high-performance cultures and empowering individuals and teams to thrive. As the saying goes, ‘ If...
Feb 192 min read


The Silent Culture Killer: Why Your Team Feels Disconnected (and How to Fix It)
High Performance Culture Can't Be Faked: A 4-part series on how leaders can rally from the recent Gallup results (Article 2 of 4) When...
Feb 112 min read


Is Return to Office to Blame for 8 Million Fewer Engaged Workers?
High Performance Culture Can't Be Faked: A 4-part series on how leaders can rally from the recent Gallup results Gallup’ s recent results...
Feb 42 min read


Meet SKOR’s New Advisors: Visionaries in Culture and People Science
SKOR, the trusted culture measurement platform, helping organizations unlock profitability by fostering environments where individuals...
Jan 302 min read
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