June 20, 2023

Episode 46: Building a System that Celebrates Employee Performance with Mahir Iskender

In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, host and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld speaks with Mahir Iskender, the founder of Digno, a company that aims to bring a human touch to “Employee Scoring.” Mahir explains how harnessing digital tools for real-time feedback and evaluation can revolutionize the employee experience and touches on gamification, incentives, and the need for improved performance management tools. During the conversation, Mahir discusses how Digno can help share insights on role clarity, performance metrics, skills training, and tools that celebrate employee performance and drive work behaviors.

Guest Bio

A dynamic and innovative business leader and entrepreneur, Mahir demonstrates expertise in marketing, sales, development, customer relations, and technology integration. Beyond tangible data, exponential revenue growth, and profitable businesses, Mahir has made his mark in the world by building productive and meaningful relationships. From investors and influential leaders to entry-level employees and consumers, he has the ability to communicate effectively, empathize, and collaborate, and his extensive network is a direct result of those efforts.

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Recap & Takeaways

[00:11 – 02:56] Meet Mahir and learn how Digno is making “Employee Scoring” more human
[02:56 – 04:49] The origin of Digno and helping people perform better
[04:51 – 06:29] Gamification, incentives, employee performance, and the need for better performance management tools
[06:39 – 09:25] Harnessing digital tools for real-time feedback and evaluation
[10:13 – 11:17] Combining knowledge for role clarity
[11:18 – 11:55] Performance metrics for 10,000 employees in under a minute
[11:58 – 16:06] Five factors that contribute to employee success
[16:07 – 17:14] A system to celebrate good work
[17:16 – 18:56] Skills training and predictive analytics
[18:57 – 20:19] Approximating employee behaviors
[20:20 – 22:31] Making employee data more accessible and visual
[22:31 – 24:51] Goal management
[24:51 – 27:44] Celebrating good work and driving the right behaviors
[27:46 – 30:07] When hiring, Mahir thinks about how trainable someone is
[30:08 – 33:17] Recognition and reward at work
[33:17 – 38:18] Building a better system for incentives, rewards, and employee motivation
[38:19 – 41:20] A results-oriented perspective and a more accessible future for finding freelance jobs
[41:21 – 42:06] Disaggregating work
[42:09 – 43:52] What does it look like to be successful with Digno
[43:55 – 45:43] Simplifying performance evaluations
[45:51 – 47:15] How to reach Mahir
[47:17 – 48:49] Navigating the Big Brother stereotype to deliver employees respect and humanit