Tools for High-Performing Teams
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Critical Missteps to Avoid When You Review Performance of Employees
No matter how open your organization’s structure might be, you still have to review performance. That might not take the form of an annual review – it could be regular check-ins and sit-downs with employees. Regardless of the form it takes, though, you must avoid some critical missteps when you review performance. The right steps […]
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Supercharge Employee Performance with an Accurate Recruiting Plan
Performance management is too often seen as a reactive process. Managers focus on handling the performance of existing employees – course-correcting bad decisions, weeding out unwanted behaviors, and continually aligning actions and decisions with company goals. While that view is understandable, it’s also the source of a lot of wasted time, energy, and money. It […]
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Employee Accountability within the Performance Management Process
It’s challenging to attract, retain, and develop the right talent to support organization-wide success. However, even with all that hard work, sometimes employees are unable to perform at the level you require. The good news is that accountability, when combined with support and a modern approach to performance management, can yield substantial improvements. Bringing Accountability […]
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Driving Improved Employee Performance: The Role of Mindfulness
Improving employee performance can be a frustrating process. Gone are the days when an annual performance review and a threat of punitive action could scare employees into working harder. Today, leaders understand that driving improved employee performance requires a commitment to ongoing communication, skills development and growth, and providing the support employees need to do […]
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The Biggest Leadership Mistakes That Affect Employee Performance
In the world of performance management, a lot of focus is placed on the employee. That’s understandable. However, you cannot overlook the role that leaders play here. Explore how eLeaP®’s Performance Management Platform can simplify evaluations, boost productivity, and drive measurable results. Leadership mistakes can have a dramatic effect on employee performance. Where the right steps can […]
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Shifting the Performance Management Mindset to Lifecycle Management
As a leader, you must have the right mindset to manage employees. Traditionally, that has been a performance management mindset – the focus on improving and then maintaining performance over time. However, while performance is one of the more important elements, it is just one of many. Increasingly, it is becoming important for management to […]
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The Link Between Employee Wellness and Improved Performance
Discussions surrounding employee performance almost invariably lead back to ideas like accountability and engagement. Autonomy, trust, and communication – are essential factors, too. However, there is one metric that affects performance many leaders overlook: wellness. The connection between employee wellness and improved performance may seem tenuous at first, but the truth is that there is […]
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Personal Development and Performance Management: The Connection You’re Not Making
Managing employee performance is critical to business success. However, that is a one-way view that often delivers lopsided results. When managers attempt to coach employees simply based on their value to the organization, it neglects a crucial fact – team members are more than just employees. They’re whole individuals. They have their own wants, likes, […]
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Drive Employee Feedback with the Right Questions
As a business leader, your goal is to build a thriving organization, just as much as it is to serve your customers or clients. In fact, without a healthy, growing company, it becomes impossible to achieve your mission of delivering the right products or services to your audience. In the quest to create that organization, […]
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How Leaders Can Support Their Managers in Our New Normal
Employees form the foundation of your organization. Without them, it’s impossible to do what you do. However, the individuals with the largest impact on employee experience and their ability to learn, grow, develop, and thrive, are your managers. In our new normal, managers find themselves faced with a range of new challenges that can be […]
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How to Create and Implement Continuous Performance Reviews
Managers have tried every strategy in the book to boost performance and motivate employees. When punitive efforts failed, they turned to ratings and rankings. The thinking was that low ratings would shame employees into performing better or that low rankings would foster a sense of competition with other employees, increasing performance. Explore how eLeaP’s Performance Management […]
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Remote Work Policy: Designing for Success in the New Normal
At some point, we will stop saying “new normal”, but that time is not now. Too many organizations are still reeling from the impact of the pandemic. Too many leaders are still struggling to come to grips with the remote work world in which they now find themselves. The first step in coming to grips […]
