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Here’s Why Performance Reviews Don’t Work: Time for a Change in the Workplace
Performance reviews have played a central role in people management for decades. In the traditional workplace, employees would sit down once per year with their manager for an...
How HR Can Strengthen Manager Performance: A Practical Guide
In the modern workplace, HR’s role has been shifting dramatically. Increasingly, HR is focusing on mentoring managers in becoming more effective leaders. Manager engagement and...
The Japanese 5S Principles: Strategies to Enhance Team Performance and Work Environment
The 5S principles can greatly increase team and organizational efficiency. Using the 5S methodology, companies can create a safe, orderly work environment and workflow processes....
Mastering the Self-Evaluation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Increased Self-Awareness
The modern performance review prioritizes self-understanding and empowerment of employees. Within this upgraded review process, employees can complete a self-evaluation to deepen...
Best Practices for Employee Development and Training
Employee training and development allow employees to build new skill sets and stretch their abilities. In turn, it prepares them to achieve a higher level of excellence in their...
Measuring the ROI of Employee Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
When an employee’s performance falls consistently below average, a manager may need to create a performance improvement plan (PIP) to help...
Limited Visibility Into Employee Performance: How to Leverage Data for Remote Team Management
In hybrid and remote workforces, having limited visibility into employee performance poses a challenge for managers and HR. Today, 66% of workplaces follow a hybrid model, while...
Designing Strong Performance Goals: Practical Examples for HR Leaders
Creating clear and achievable performance goals allows employees to reach their highest potential. Without such goals, employee growth and organizational success will be limited....
Goal Alignment and Tracking: How to Set and Measure Cascading Goals
To achieve increasingly ambitious results, organizations must set strong performance goals. Without good goals, they’ll stagnate. However, ensuring that individual employee goals...
Ineffective Feedback and Communication: Strategies for Correcting Course
Navigating the challenges of providing regular and constructive feedback is crucial for fostering effective communication in organizations. Inadequate organizational...
Bad Performance Review? 6 Ways to Bounce Back
It happens to everyone at some point in their career: a performance review that doesn’t go as planned. You may feel discouraged, but there are steps you can take to bounce back...