Tools for High-Performing Teams
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Common Performance Review Biases and How to Avoid Them
Bias is a sensitive topic, one that many of us avoid talking about all together, and thus needs to be handled carefully. Hear the word bias, whether performance related or otherwise, and most people equate it with prejudice. What does this mean? It’s difficult for people to admit, or even comprehend, if and when they […]
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How Feedback Can Help to Transform Your Millennial Workforce
The word Millennial has received an unfairly bad reputation. The truth is that Millennials already make up 30% of existing workforces and will make up 75% of the global workforce by 2025. What does this mean? Well, in order to hire and retain talent, it’s important to understand what motivates millennials specifically. Baby boomers and […]
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How Talent Acquisition Factors into Performance Management Improvements
Like all business processes, performance management improvements starts at the very beginning. When business leaders or SMB owners are attempting to improve performance management, it would make sense that talent acquisition plays a role. Namely, hiring the right people from the start and instilling the right PM mentality can go a long way in allowing […]
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Commission and Pay-for-Performance Compensation Models: Do They Belong in the Future of Performance Management?
For years, sales positions have often been offered with a commission and/or bonus structure—the more you sell, the more you can earn. It’s a good enough incentive for many salespeople to work harder and acquire more business on behalf of the organization. However, in today’s post-COVID economy where everyone is still feeling the effects of […]
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How To Increase Accountability and Engagement in Performance Management
Performance management is a critical asset for businesses. It allows managers to track performance and see which employees are doing well, along with those that may need a little assistance. It can also help determine which processes are working and which need some tweaking. Of course, if you do it right, your performance management strategy […]
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Eight Steps to Create a New Performance Management Plan for Your Organization
Companies are faced with more changes than ever these days—every single one was forced into proving its agility when the pandemic shut everything down, and each was tested to see how they would continue to perform during the shutdown. Then, it was a wait to see which companies faltered and which ones came out the […]
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The Transition from Keeping Score to Creating a Feedback Culture with Your Performance Management Goals
Metrics are great—they tell companies several different things that help them make effective decisions. However, there are some areas where metrics are going by the wayside, particularly when it comes to performance management. After all, these are people, not machines or numbers. Therefore, modern organizations that want to embrace a performance management culture will need […]
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What Is 360-Degree Feedback, and Should It Be Part of Your Performance Management Strategy?
The feedback process has been up for debate and discussion for some time now. Several organizations are embracing various digital tools to help them transform the process and figure out how to improve performance management by improving feedback and how it is delivered, interpreted, and responded to, by employees and managers alike. 360-degree feedback is […]
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Companies That Are Leading the Way in Redefining Performance Management
Like many things, performance management is an area where sometimes information is best gleaned by example. Organizations can read all about the new world of PM and how it impacts their current strategy, as well as how, in theory, it will revolutionize the company culture. However, they’re not seeing it in practice. They don’t have […]
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Five Big Warnings as Organizations Take Performance Management to the Digital Space
As the future of performance management looks to more flexibility, more focus on development, and more continuity, it’s also going to be more data-driven and yet somehow, less data-focused. While that might sound like a catch-22, it’s actually a simple transition that’s taking place—while data-driven performance management initiatives are pushed, organizations will start to focus […]
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Five Tips for Performance Management Success in the Struggling Foodservice Industry
Of all the industries impacted by the pandemic, customer service, retail, and foodservice were by far the most impacted. Millions of workers were lost, either due to COVID or because they resigned from their jobs due to poor pay or conditions. The Great Resignation has shifted the world of work as we know it. For […]
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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 […]
