3 Keys to Setting Performance Standards for New Hires
Orientation, onboarding, and the first day on the job… the cultural immersion and familiarization with the company and position are…
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7 Tips for the Best Performance Appraisal Ever
Performance reviews aren’t always an easily mastered task. Even though they take a little bit of practice, managers can take…
The Changing Roles in Performance Management
Mother knows best. Or at least, that’s what we’ve been told. Mom (or dad) taught you how to do the…
How Deloitte is Redesigning Performance Management
“[Redesigned performance management processes] shift the focus away from forced-distribution rankings and much more toward helping managers coach people to…
Building an Employee Review Process to Fit Your Company’s Culture
Employee reviews are rarely easy for the employee receiving the review or the person delivering one. Receiving a less than…
Are Performance Management Processes a Hoax?
As the effectiveness of performance reviews has come under scrutiny lately, it begs the question do other performance management processes…
How Does Employee Engagement Affect Performance?
Are happy employees engaged employees? Truthfully, it doesn’t matter (to performance) if your team is happy or not. It is…
Do Your Employees Have a Case of the Quits?
Even the best of the best and the high performing employees are subject to the hazards of the workplace that…
6 Surefire Ways to Conduct the Worst Performance Appraisal Ever
Everyone makes mistakes, including during performance reviews. Despite the fact they are supposed to help solve issues in the workplace,…
How to Improve Employee Performance in 4 Steps
The performance appraisal. Love it? Hate it? Honestly, when it comes to employee performance there really isn’t any other way to…
Should Employee Performance be Judged on a Bell Curve?
The common practice of professional “grading on the Bell Curve” does little to improve employee performance. In fact, it does…
Why Performance Management Requires Leadership
You can’t have a performance management system without someone that oversees the everyday happenings around the office. However, just because the organization’s…
How Should I Prepare My Team for a 360 Degree Feedback Session?
Effective performance reviews include everyone, especially the evaluated employee. A 360 degree feedback looks at an employee from all angles (as the…
Change Your Thinking Re: Performance Management
Employers have a large foothold in the employee development process. Performance reviews are a must for the health of your…
How Starting a 360 Degree Feedback Process Improves Performance
Nearly 90% of organizations conduct formal performance reviews [1] as an attempt to improve their performance management. That is the…
6 Ways Great Leaders Conduct an Effective Performance Appraisal
As a supervisor, there are some tasks that are less than enjoyable. More often than not, the employee performance appraisal…
3 Steps You Should Take Before the Next Round of Performance Reviews
Supervisors need performance appraisals and so do employees, if not for the direct impact to drive business, at least for…
Why Performance Management Works Better When the Process is Automated
The process of instilling a sense of urgency about performance is sometimes a difficult task. Many organizations struggle to get…
Talent Continuity
With the aging population and an ever increasing pool of employees approaching or reaching retirement, it is becoming more critical…
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…
Conduct Effective Performance Reviews
There is an age old process conducted in most organizations, large and small, known as performance review or performance appraisal…