Many employees and managers alike feel stressed at the thought of an upcoming performance review. However, when performance reviews are done right, they can provide a welcome...
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Performance Appraisals: The Starting Point for SMART Goals and Objectives
After you get feedback in your employee appraisal, improve your performance on a daily basis with these 12 steps. Congratulations, you’ve survived your year-end review! You might...
How to Get Your Staff to Stop Worrying and Love Performance Appraisals
Follow these tips for pain-free and inspirational appraisals. There is a culture of fear around appraisals: staff look forward to the annual appraisals with about as much...
A Culture of Honest Feedback Builds Winning Organizations
Ditch your sandwich appraisals and use honest, clear feedback to maximize staff potential As the industry has moved away from the antiquated annual process to the more dynamic,...
Why Annual Reviews Fail and How Continuous Feedback Succeeds
Why companies are moving away from the annual performance review The Annual Performance Review is very often disliked by managers and employees. For decades, it has been the tool...
How 3 Companies Are Redefining Performance Management
What GE, Adobe, and Google are doing to redefine performance management and how to apply their strategies to your business The Annual Performance Review is widely loathed. Josh...
How 360 Feedback Software Solutions Address Performance Management Challenges
360º feedback is a powerful HR Performance Management (HRPM) tool that can be difficult to implement and maintain. Software innovations in HRPM provide software solutions that...
Conducting Performance Management the Right Way
Invest in your best asset: your employees Engaged and satisfied employees are at the core of every successful company. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. What does perplex and stall...
The Role Communication Plays in Driving Employee Engagement
Your organization may have all sorts of innovative programs in place to boost employee engagement. But do you capitalize on the simplest yet most effective technique of all -...
Why You Should Always be Documenting One-on-One Meetings
Whatever your organization's employee performance management system, it shouldn't simply be a once yearly event. Regular one-on-one meetings throughout the year are essential to...
Employee Engagement and The Importance of Clarifying Roles
No matter how big or small a business is, employees should always be given the tools to completely understand their role, not only on an individual scale but also how their role...
Top 18 Tips for 360° Survey Success
Gain invaluable and trustworthy data with these tips Welcome to the Knowledge Economy. In today’s complex business landscape knowledge is power. The guessing game is increasingly...