Imagine you’re an HR manager. It’s March. The head of retail operations comes to your office. She says that smart phone sales are going nowhere, so the … Read more
10 Good Reasons You Should Be Hiring Overqualified Candidates
First of two parts Imagine being assigned a physician and then purposely rejecting them solely because they were “overqualified” for your medical … Read more
4 Ways to Make Performance Reviews Work Better
Performance reviews are an effective way to improve employee performance while also maintaining transparency between management staff. Unfortunately for … Read more
Performance Management: We Won’t Fix the Problem by Ignoring It
When I ask business leaders in large companies what they want from performance management systems, the answer usually includes “identify the top performers … Read more
The Real Danger With a Results-At-Any-Cost Management Philosophy
Several years ago, I worked with a major cereal manufacturer whose leadership was concerned that many of the company’s managers weren’t succeeding. The … Read more
The Most Important Conversation? It’s Sure Not the Performance Review
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. It’s a lesson I learned while I … Read more
Stacked Ranking: A Pay For Performance Model You Need to Avoid
Ann Bares recently wrote a predictive article here on TLNT about the potential end of merit pay (How Will We Pay With Open Salaries and No Performance … Read more
Tech Insights: A Performance App For Feedback on the Fly
We are all familiar with performance management software, but when I looked at a performance management app it surprised me in, well, a surprising number … Read more
Another Wake-Up Call For Why Performance Reviews Don’t Work
Here is an excellent wake-up call to anyone in HR: As the investigation into the VA scandal deepens, it appears that, according to the VA’s performance and … Read more
Team Chemistry: It’s the New Focus of Performance Management
Is “making teams better” the new holy grail of performance analytics? Fresh from the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, HBR blogger … Read more