Tools for High-Performing Teams
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People Management Simplified: Tips to Create a More Successful Operation
Performance management would be better termed “people management”. That’s because you’re not managing performance in a purely mechanical sense. These aren’t machines we’re talking about that provide a simple output based on a known input. Human beings don’t work that way. We’re messy. We’re complex. We’re convoluted. People management is what you’re really doing, and […]
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A Culture of People First: How to Shift Your View from Employees to People
Employees are people. That seems pretty obvious. However, too many organizations (and individual managers and leaders within those organizations) see them as somewhat less. They’re employees. Business assets. Potential liabilities. This has a dehumanizing effect that carries over into the workplace. It becomes easy to see your team members as a resource to be managed, […]
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Remote Team Leadership: Lessons from the Trenches
Most of us are still working remotely with no sign of things changing anytime soon. COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc and disbursed workforces are becoming the norm. While there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it may be weeks or even months away. Many organizations have had to bolster their remote team […]
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Mindset: One Key to Successful Remote Work
Remote work has become part and parcel of daily life for most of us. And yet many still struggle to make a go of it. They haven’t embraced it in the same way that the rest of us have. What makes for successful remote work and what doesn’t? The challenge here may have nothing to […]
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Shared Context: The Key Ingredient for Success Your Business Is Missing
What’s the point of your business? Why does it exist? Many of you will probably answer “to make money”. That’s not enough. Not enough by a long shot. Look around for successful business examples. For an organization to thrive, profit cannot be the only primary reason it exists. To achieve success, your business must exist […]
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How to Create the Best Place to Work: Performance Management and Architecting the Environment
When you think of performance management, you likely imagine annual performance reviews. Of course, you might be more forward-thinking, in which case you think about sit-down, one-on-one meetings held every quarter. However, what do you think about the workplace environment? Do you think about the role of enjoyment as one of the performance management techniques […]
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Reimagining SMART Goal-Setting for Performance Management
Managing employee performance has never been easy. That’s clear from the fact that so many companies are abandoning the outmoded annual performance review model. Instead, they are moving to a more direct performance management model that allows them to provide actionable, relevant, timely feedback so that employees can make course corrections in real time. With […]
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Understanding the Performance Development Process
Performance management has taken some hard knocks in recent years. Many organizations have eliminated mainstays like annual performance evaluations. In fact, there is a shift away from performance “management” and toward performance “development.” The change in nomenclature underscores a change in perception and understanding of management and in terms of employee expectations. Not sure what […]
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Why Your Current Performance Management Is Not Working
Performance management is supposed to help you develop your team. It’s intended to pinpoint areas of improvement and help you provide the feedback necessary so that employees can grow and develop. So, why is your process isn’t working? What factors are causing performance management failings? You’re not alone. Performance management fails pretty often, sadly. What […]
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What Is Project Performance Management?
Performance management has been part of business management for a very long time. Of course, it has evolved considerably from what it once was. Today, it’s almost unrecognizable. It has also developed several offshoots, such as project performance management (PPM), that offer additional benefits and capabilities. Unsure what project performance management is or what it […]
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How to Make Time for the Performance Management Process
Performance management is vital for all organizations. It doesn’t matter what your industry is or what niche you occupy. If you cannot manage your employees’ performance, you will struggle. It helps to have a performance management process and a system that your whole team can focus on. Of course, the real challenge here isn’t so […]
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Performance Management: How to Set Realistic Goals and Objectives
Motivating employees is the point of performance management. With improved motivation, employees perform better, and your organization moves closer to reaching its objectives. However, telling your employees that they need to do better is not enough. They need more than just criticism. They need support, and it’s your job to deliver that through realistic goals […]
