Tools for High-Performing Teams
Build a better world with a better team
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Understanding Continuous Performance Management and Its Impact on Your Team
Performance management has been part of the business landscape seemingly forever. For many years, it was a punitive process that focused on the “carrot and stick” method of management in which a reward was dangled in front of an employee to encourage good performance, and that was backed up with the threat of lost income […]
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Common Mistakes Managers Make and How to Avoid Them
SmaBeing a manager is no easy feat and not everyone is cut out for the job. Whether or not you have years of management experience or just starting on your manager journey, you’re bound to make mistakes in the future and have made plenty in the past. Fortunately, there’s always the opportunity to learn from […]
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5 Ways to Build Mindfulness into a Hectic Manager’s Schedule
Mindfulness has become something of a buzzword today. Once relegated to Zen Buddhist circles and yoga studios, the practice has exploded. You’ll find Olympic athletes doing mindfulness training, police officers building these practices into their lives, and successful CEOs trying to be more mindful every single day. Mindfulness, far from being simply a catchword, is […]
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How to Guide Employee Improvement in the New World of Performance Management
You have heard that in this new world of performance management, you must take a different approach to guiding improvement. However, chances are good that you have heard precious little about how to do that. A lot has been said about the death of annual performance reviews and the need for regular check-ins and one-on-ones. […]
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The Manager’s Guide to Conducting the Best Possible Performance Review
When was the last time you were excited about giving a performance review? More importantly, when was the last time one of your team members was excited to receive one? Chances are good it was never. That makes sense, particularly if you’ve been stuck in the rut doing annual performance reviews. Changing to check-ins and […]
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A Scientific Approach to Employee Reviews
Employee reviews have been part and parcel of the performance management process pretty much since the dawn of time. They’ve also changed very little over the years. That alone should be enough to make you reconsider how you use them. However, mounting evidence shows that you might want to reconsider your approach for another reason […]
