Building High-Performing Teams
Insights to elevate employee and team success
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How to Implement Performance Reviews That Work
In the modern workforce, traditional performance reviews may not offer exactly what you expect. As we work through a pandemic, it also becomes clear that managers and leaders need to be prepared for any situation. This applies to having the appropriate systems in place to ensure you and your business are responsive and ready to […]
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Top Tips to Improve Employee Performance
Every organization wants to encourage their employees to perform to the best of their abilities, and because of this, focusing on improving employee performance has become a strategic imperative for many organizations. With recruitment costs rising, organizations are encouraged to try and improve their existing employees’ performance before firing and replacing them. It’s simply not […]
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Performance Management Best Practices
In order to have the best possible workforce, it’s important to attract the best possible talent. But hiring employees who are talented from the get-go certainly isn’t the only way to ensure you have a top-quality team. In fact, focusing solely on hiring good workers won’t get you the results you need in the long […]
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How to Complete a Performance Review Self-Evaluation
Performance reviews have been an integral part of the successful running of an organization for a long time. But in recent years, the importance of conducting performance reviews the right way has become prominent. It’s no longer sufficient for employees to undergo a singular, mediocre annual review. Organizations are taking far more care to ensure […]
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How To Design Employee Performance Reviews for Millennials
One of the primary goals for any organization should be retaining its best-performing employees in the long run. Of course, this is easier said than done and requires many different factors. But when it comes to retaining employees, performance reviews play an important role. Performance reviews need to deliver what’s expected and help employees grow […]
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The Key Objectives of Performance Management
Annual performance reviews have been the norm for a long time. Traditionally, organizations worldwide, both large and small, conduct annual performance reviews as part of their performance management regime. But recently, many corporations have paved the way in getting rid of the traditional performance review format. In 2012, leading software company Adobe did away with […]
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Benefits of Continuous Performance Management
Performance management in general is a critical component of well-run organizations. But what many people don’t know is that there are actually different kinds of performance management. Generally speaking, performance management is an organizational process with the purpose of ensuring employees can deliver the highest quality of work to clients. Performance management can be divided […]
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The Future of Performance Management: Predictions from the Experts
Performance management has come a long way in just the past few years. Companies have been forced to stop just checking the boxes and start to actually pay attention to performance. Along with that comes an increased focus on how to handle performance management both now and into the future. It’s about more than productivity […]
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Developmental Reviews vs. Performance Reviews: Why You Should Use Both
There’s a significant difference between developmental reviews and performance reviews. You should understand the difference if you’re running an organization within a corporate setting. Developmental reviews are more aimed at team member growth and hitting goals. Performance reviews are more based on work performance and using appropriate skill sets. One seems to be more focused […]
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How to Deal with an Employee Who Always Complains
Unfortunately, chronic complaining is something that’s all too common within most organizations. As a leader, dealing with employees who complain constantly can be tricky, particularly if they perform well or are good at their job. Most leaders have, at some point, dealt with an employee who is constantly complaining. A hostile work environment is rarely […]
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The Best Questions to Ask an Employee During a Performance Review
Conducting successful performance reviews requires you to do much more than simply have a one-on-one discussion with your employee. Successful performance reviews require Human Resources to work in conjunction with managers to gain insight into performance. This requires performance reviews to be structured, it can’t just be a free for all conversation. And structure requires […]
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Employee Retention: Why It Needs to Be Part of Performance Management
The words “performance management” conjure up images of annual reviews, performance improvement plans, and maybe even lost raises due to performance problems. For those who are on board with the current performance management mindset, those words might call to mind check-ins and one-on-ones, or perhaps feedback sessions. What they probably don’t bring to mind is […]
