Tools for High-Performing Teams
Build a better world with a better team
-
Performance Management in Education: How Student Performance Impacts Educator Assessments
The world of performance management is changing the way things are done in the education sector. Many people are looking at PM in relation to students, with respect to how the inclusion of performance management principles might change the traditional grading structure. However, it’s also important to apply the new practices of performance management in […]
-
Creating a DEI Culture: It’s More Than Demographics and EEO Practices
In the past, “diversity and inclusion” referred mostly to things like gender, sex, race, educational background, and so forth. Companies have been encouraged for decades to build a diverse workforce and many focused on these factors without realizing how much more is involved under the umbrella of DEI, or diversity, equity, and inclusion. While the […]
-
Performance Improvement through Workplace Culture Shifts
The Great Resignation is causing many organizations to rethink their workplace cultures. After all, the majority of employees leaving jobs cited this as one of the main reasons for their departure. Culture is becoming increasingly important to people and thanks to the pandemic proving that remote work is feasible and perhaps even more effective, employers […]
-
Performance Management Systems
Auditing Performance Management Systems for Effectiveness, Consistency, and More
Although organizational leaders might think their performance management system is working well and doing its part to help monitor employee performance and progress, that may not always be the case. After all, it only matters insofar as the employees’ experiences and perceptions of the system and how well it functions. If your employees are not […]
-
Performance Management Cycles: It’s Not a Static Journey
The traditional performance management model dates back as far as the 1950s when Peter Drucker proposed the idea of Management by Objectives, or MBO. This concept proposes that organizational and individual goals need to be aligned and that it is the responsibility of management to ensure that happens. It’s not always easy to achieve, Drucker […]
-
How Your LMS and PMS Can Work Together to Help You Manage Performance More Effectively
The modern PMS can do a lot for businesses that are trying to improve or upskill their teams. However, there’s also as much to be said for a proper LMS. That’s why organizations who are trying to gain a competitive edge in the future need to have both and utilize them effectively. As many have […]
-
Performance Management Systems
Effective Goal-Setting to Motivate Your Employees: How Your PMS Can Help
In the modern business world, employees have the upper hand. Companies are revamping their culture, reconsidering their benefits and perks, and reworking their organizational structure to embrace their employees and offer a culture of supportive, collaborative people and systems. This ensures that they have a culture that attracts top talent and helps motivate employees to […]
-
Performance Management Systems
The Two Primary Purposes of Your PMS and How to Embrace Both with Strategic Management
The modern performance management system, or PMS, is often the Achilles’ heel of many organizations and their HR teams. It can be hard to nail down the ideal system to deliver on all of the necessary goals and metrics. These systems generally will have two goals, or purposes, that they serve for your organization: Employee […]
-
Performance Management Systems
Four Important Questions for Decision-Makers When Looking at Performance Management Systems
CEOs and managers in charge of PMS setup and execution often find themselves fighting an uphill battle to get employees on board. They fear that providing feedback or having honest discussions could damage relationships, cause employees to feel unvalued, or even cause people to leave the company. Fortunately, when they’re handled properly, performance management systems […]
-
Creating a Development Plan During Onboarding
When veterans in any industry start with a company, the onboarding process should be slightly different from a fresh hire. Someone that already has experience in a certain type of work should have different goals, especially since they’ve got a head start as far as knowledge and skill goes. What should be different about the […]
-
Creating the Best Employee Engagement Surveys: Part 1
Employee engagement surveys are becoming more of a regular part of the performance management process every day. As organizations continue to make a shift toward including the opinion of team members and ensuring employees stay mentally well, these types of surveys and other elements will continue to grow. Unfortunately, many organizations use employee engagement surveys […]
-
Hiring a New Manager Part 2: Managing Former Peers
Managing Former Peers! You’ve worked with an employee for years. They’re great at their job and have been instrumental in helping the company succeed. But now, you’re leaving that role behind to take on another new position as manager. It can be hard enough handling the transition of moving from one role to another, but […]
