Don’t you just love it when the business media derails all your good work? The current edition of HR Magazine‘s article Is the Annual Performance … Read more
Staying On Top Of Employee Performance As An Effective Way To Mitigate Risk
Employee performance issues often create a real sense of angst for employers. To avoid such angst, many managers choose to ignore performance issues or … Read more
Maybe It’s Time To Develop a New Performance Management Mindset
Some 60 percent of companies are in the process of rethinking their approach to performance reviews, according to Forbes. This percentage is high, even … Read more
Top Executives Say Skills Shortage Is “Serious Concern”
CEOs have never been known for getting much rest, but the threats keeping them up at night these days are particularly alarming. PwC asked 1,344 CEOs in 68 … Read more
6 Tips For Managers Trying to Overcome Performance Appraisal Anxiety
Negotiations, confrontation and potentially unwarranted employee pride — this is perhaps some of the most anxiety-ridden aspects of performance … Read more
Want More Meaningful Reviews? Build a Survey for Better Performance Management
Close the door and sit down. Did your heart just drop? Are you sweating? Is your eye twitching? Performance reviews can be full of anxiety, uncertainty, … Read more
4 Questions You Should Be Asking About Performance Management
With the recent news around Accenture and GE replacing their traditional performance review process with more frequent, timely feedback from multiple … Read more
It’s Really Critical You Avoid Anonymous Performance Feedback
Anonymous performance feedback is a popular component of many an organization’s performance review process. However, while it is widely used, it can … Read more
10 Productive Things HR Can Do Instead of Performance Management
My former employer announced recently that they are doing away with forced rankings and the annual performance management process. Hallelujah! I … Read more
4 Things to Know About Employee Happiness (and Why It’s Important)
It’s only natural to believe that employee happiness is contingent on success, but this belief is actually backwards. It’s not that success makes employees … Read more