Orientation, onboarding, and the first day on the job… the cultural immersion and familiarization with the company and position are important, but what about the performance standards? All essential information is provided in these first few days on…

Performance reviews aren’t always an easily mastered task. Even though they take a little bit of practice, managers can take some preemptive steps to make sure they start on the right foot. For the novice managers new to conducting performance reviews…

Mother knows best. Or at least, that’s what we’ve been told. Mom (or dad) taught you how to do the laundry, make dinner and be a good person. Well, performance management is similar. Performance management has evolved into a coaching apparatus more…

“[Redesigned performance management processes] shift the focus away from forced-distribution rankings and much more toward helping managers coach people to succeed. By changing this one HR ‘ingredient,’ it is possible to affect many others.” –…

As the effectiveness of performance reviews has come under scrutiny lately, it begs the question do other performance management processes really improve performance? It should be a rather fluid entity that governs how employees work…