Most organizations have some sort of performance appraisal system in place to evaluate decisions related to promotions, salary hikes and professional development. To execute that, a set of ...

Annual and bi-annual performance reviews have been considered ineffective at improving employee performance. According to Gallup, “only 14% of employees agree that their performance reviews inspire ...

In today’s fast-paced business environment, one of the most important questions to ask is: Why conduct performance evaluations? They require time, energy, and may momentarily take your team off-task, ...

For years, business education has centered on leaders having the necessary data to inform decisions. In my early 20s, I worked in the local power industry as an engineer leading teams through various ...

Have you ever been in the middle of a project and gotten stuck because you had to wait for that one piece of information from a co-worker? Have you gone into work expecting to have a progress meeting ...

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The June 17 memo from the Office of Personnel Management’s acting Director Charles Ezell, “Performance Management for Federal Employees”, reflects an important development for managing employee ...

Earlier this year, we completed staff evaluations in SuccessFactors for the first time. Overall, we had more than 90 percent of our eligible employees rated in the system. This was a good start as we ...

In the ideal workplace, highly motivated employees are everywhere — excelling, working well with peers and striving to stand out through superior job performance. To stimulate individual effort, some ...