Tag: Performance Management

October 24, 2018

When’s the last time every employee in your company was in the same room at the same time? Even in the past few years, managers could answer this question by quickly flipping through their datebooks. But in the age of […]

March 16, 2018

I do not hire, to fire. Do you? Do you go out and hire someone thinking, “Oh boy, I can’t wait to fire this loser!” No! Of course, you don’t. That would be insanity! We hire people truly believing in […]

March 6, 2018

Some of the world’s top business leaders, actors and celebrities like Arianna Huffington, Ellen DeGeneres and Martin Scorsese swear by one technique to reduce stress and calm their mind: meditation. To be more specific, transcendental meditation. Recently, the practice has […]

January 22, 2018

A tight labor market is becoming even tighter because of a startling issue: opioid addiction. More and more employers are struggling to find workers who can pass their required drug tests, as CNBC notes. In some cases that means that […]

December 29, 2017

HR is often misunderstood, but that’s just because they don’t understand us. In fact, if HR rules were implemented everywhere, your life would be much, much better. Here are 10 ways things would change for the better if HR ruled […]

December 8, 2017

It’s time to pull your head out of the sand; you need to deal with poor performers! Sometimes it is uncomfortable to deal with things you would rather avoid, but there is no advantage to delaying the inevitable. If an […]

November 30, 2017

I invested 38 years in the corporate world and my experience spanned a myriad of departments – to include human resources where I oversaw our leadership development program and played a critical role in personnel policy and practice. My time […]

November 7, 2017

“Once a year, I am going to share with you what I think about you. That does not make any sense. Performance is an ongoing activity.” This statement was from Pierre Nanterme, Chairman and CEO of Accenture, on the dated […]

October 27, 2017

The goal of any negative or corrective feedback conversation is change, not punishment. If employees feel they are being punished then they will assume that they are being “performance managed” out of the organization. That creates disengagement, which impacts performance. […]

October 5, 2017

In recent years, leading organizations have begun using a continuous approach to performance management. Companies like GE, Deloitte, and Accenture are just a few who have replaced legacy performance reviews with ongoing tactics such as two-way feedback loops. In doing […]

September 26, 2017

Often I’ll have managers express reluctance to give performance improvement feedback to an employee who is either a great performer in general or an employee who did something well, but had a couple of areas where they could have done […]

September 5, 2017

In an illuminating TEDTalk “The way we think about work is broken”, Barry Schwartz encourages us to think about whether it’s human nature that creates institutions or institutions which can shape human nature. In traditional factory lines work was based […]

January 26, 2017

Raising employee engagement levels can be a climb, especially as one moves toward the top of the organization. Maybe it’s because people have a lot on their plates — being a people manager encompasses more than it used to. Or […]

January 26, 2017

How do we motivate people? It’s a question that the business world spends a little too much time trying to answer. HR departments, managers, and the C-suite can play with incentives all they want, but we already know the amount […]

January 17, 2017

A recent survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that recruiting the best talent is still a major concern for HR professionals. More than half of HR professionals surveyed reported some level of basic skills or knowledge […]

January 9, 2017

he new approach to performance management emphasizes frequent feedback rather than annual appraisals. Doesn’t that strike you as similar to how recognition systems work? In fact, new style performance management and traditional recognition programs have a lot in common. We […]

January 5, 2017

By now, we have all noticed the overwhelming trend to ditch performance rating scales and instead, have performance appraisals and performance management be centered on quality conversations and continuous feedback. Organizations like Adobe, Deloitte, Microsoft, Accenture and even GE are […]

January 5, 2017

The proverb “All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy” could have some implications for corporate learning. It’s not about actually playing at the office, however. But a study published in the 2017 issue of Journal of […]

December 23, 2016

In most any profession, there is a body of knowledge that drives decisions. Whether it’s medicine-based physiology or flight in physics, practitioners need to understand what’s happening to make appropriate decisions. It’s the same with learning. To be able to […]

December 22, 2016

If business leaders refuse to settle for second best in consumer satisfaction, then it should also be unacceptable to hold back from becoming one of the best places to work. Fighting for the status of best places to work means […]