Benefits-Based Performance Management

Employee engagement is a somewhat overused term. But it is obviously very important for employees to be engaged and to care. A real challenge is getting employees to truly understand why changing their work related behavior is important to them and ultimately to the organization.

Common Attributes of Good Managers

We routinely study managers and supervisors seeking answers as to why certain managers are successful and others seem to fail. It is somewhat difficult to find a truly good manager. But it really is not all that difficult to identify the attributes that separate good managers from average or bad ones.
 

Conduct Effective Performance Reviews

There is an age old process conducted in most organizations, large and small, known as performance review or performance appraisal (the term performance review will be used primarily in this article). The importance of providing feedback to employees cannot be overstated. But doing so in the proper setting, context, and manner is critical to carrying out successful performance reviews.
 

Dealing with Your Employees Effectively

Perhaps the most overlooked dimension of managing people is the understanding of what motivates people and what satisfies people about their work and their employer. The best managers, without question, are adept at reading people and knowing how to push the right buttons. People are complicated and everyone is different. That’s what makes managing people so challenging. If we could use one standard method of dealing with everyone, it would be much easier to be a manager/supervisor. Unfortunately, this is impossible.
 

How Performance Reviews Can Boost Morale

In a recent survey conducted by Reviewsnap, there was a clear indication that when the performance review process is carried out in an efficient and effective manner, employees respond in a highly favorable manner. Conversely, when the process is treated as an afterthought or necessary evil, employee morale can be negatively impacted. Other research and observation of the workplace also point to a significant difference in
employee morale and performance when performance reviews, regardless of how often they are conducted, are done on time, in an accurate and relevant manner and when the communication surrounding the review is effective.