Organizations that continuously motivate employees reach their business goals faster than those that don’t. This makes developing an engaging, performance-based employee environment the primary aim of forward-thinking HR leaders. One characteristic of successful teams is trust. People need to feel psychological safety within their work teams and the ability to speak freely ... Read Full Article
To Boost Results From Your Performance Management Program, Focus on Helping Your Managers
It’s no exaggeration to say that your people managers make or break your organization’s performance. They form the critical layer of connective tissue between the strategic priorities of your business and the employees who execute them, and play an outsized role in motivating employees and improving the performance across the workforce. Good managers align their teams around ... Read Full Article
The Top 5 Problems With Annual Reviews (and How to Fix Them)
It is said that a company’s people are its greatest asset. Developing and nurturing a motivated workforce is one of the single most important things any organization can do to secure and maintain competitive advantage, but by and large most organizations do a very poor job at it. So poor, in fact, that Gallup found that nearly nine out of ten employees aren't engaged at work. ... Read Full Article
Why HR Tech Needs to Shift Focus From Compliance to Productivity
According to a recent survey conducted by Adobe, 58 percent of people feel that performance reviews “are a needless Human Resources (HR) requirement.” Adobe, in fact, no longer has an annual performance review process and instead, has adopted an approach involving ongoing discussions between managers and employees that emphasize talent development and future productivity ... Read Full Article
Performance Management Starts on Day One
In part one of this article, we heard from Karina Young, People Operations Manager at Khan Academy, on the topic of finding a good balance within performance management programs. Today, we’ll hear more from her concerning helping managers become better, getting the help you need, and starting performance management on day one. Help Managers Become Better ... Read Full Article
Performance Management: Balancing Recognition and Impact as an HR Leader
Performance management is like Internet access: essential to the daily operation of any business but taken for granted until it stops working. While everyone understands why you need consistent and high-quality broadband, the obvious benefits of good performance management often go unappreciated. This is a common sentiment whenever I talk with my fellow HR professionals ... Read Full Article
3 Ways to Lighten up the Performance Management Process
How many times has your performance management process left you feeling confused and annoyed, rather than motivated? If you’re like me, the answer is too many. Fortunately, there is a better way. At my company, we have gone through all of the typical iterations on our way to what we believe is the right approach. We’re a marketing tech startup, and for us an annual review ... Read Full Article
The Performance Management Software Market is Heating Up
There’s a sea change happening around employee performance management. HR and business leaders are realizing that the old model of annual performance reviews is ineffective for today’s workforce, with the majority of HR professionals agreeing that a Continuous Performance Management® model is superior to an annual or bi-annual review process. This is a reflection ... Read Full Article