What is the real measure of how well you’re doing your job? Not the number of widgets you turn out each day, but whether the widget buyer is satisfied with … Read more
A Step-by-Step Guide to One of Management’s Most Difficult Duties
By Dick Grote The performance appraisal may confirm that the individual and the organization are so mismatched that termination is the right answer. Or, … Read more
The Future of Pay for Performance: Can the Membership Model Work?
In their session on the next generation of pay for performance at last month’s WorldatWork Total Rewards conference in San Diego, Mercer consultants … Read more
Hire Slow, Fire Fast: Four Talent Selection Lessons From the NBA Draft
Today, 60 people will get hired into a multi-billion dollar organization. This isn’t just any organization though, this is the NBA — the … Read more
One In Three Employees Believe They Are Overqualified For Their Job
In news that should hardly be surprising, a third of employees believe they are overqualified for their current job according to a study commissioned by … Read more
Performance Appraisals: Why They’re Mostly a Waste of Time and Effort
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management for over 30 years. His … Read more
Survey: Employers This Year Plan to Give Largest Merit Raises Since 2008
Here’s a warm thought in the middle of a long, cold winter: According to a new survey by global consulting giant Towers Watson, American employers … Read more
Rewards and Engagement: It’s All About the Consequences of Behavior
By Bob Kelleher In business, as in parenting, you’ll find that you get the behavior that you measure and then reinforce. If you claim that training and … Read more
The Top 50 Problems With Performance Appraisals
“(Some) 90 percent of performance appraisal processes are inadequate.” – Salary.com survey In conversations with HR leaders and employees, the … Read more
Performance Evaluations? If People Are Cynical, You Have a Problem
A friend was telling me a story about the performance review process at his company that I had to share. So, we are in the midst of our performance reviews … Read more