1. Performance Management
Content Performance Marketing - Transformation of the Digital Organization
Transformation in any part of an organization is a task that very few manage with success.
Managing change takes time and investment beyond the monetary.
The Future Of Your Company Is Now
Now comes the challenge: Success has brought you to a point where the old ways of doing things
are no longer as reliable as they once were.
Beyond the Development Plan: 5 No Cost Ways to Inspire Others to Greatness
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Leadership Advice, Berdeo Group, Laura Berger, Executive Coaching, Coaching, Achieving
Greatness, Inspirational, Compassion, Trust, Acknowledgement, Reward, Honesty, Workforce
Development, Confidence, Performance Management, Business News
Now in a new year with performance planning in the rear-view, as c-level executives and leaders,
what more can you do to cascade a culture of achievement throughout your organization?
Workplace Stress? Check Your Inbox
According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, the average employee today will spend close to
30% of their time just slogging through email.
Don't Procrastinate, Evaluate! Timely Tips to Effectively Implement the Right Talent Management
Strategy for the New Year
While you may cringe at the amount of time it takes to develop the right words to say that both
inspires staff, while at the same time, provides constrictive criticism for areas of deficiency, don't
discount the importance and power of evaluating employee performance.
2. Feelings and Emotions Affect Workplace Performance
Read More: Employee Engagement, Employee Health Benefits, Employee Health Care, Employee-
Health, Excercise, Hr, Performance Management, Physical Activity, Teamwork, Third Metric,
Business News
Productivity measures across national economies have captivated the attention of policy makers and
business leaders alike, and in today's knowledge economy, productivity is determined purely by the
energy and creativity of the people who get things done every day.
Moving: A Business and Biological Essential
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Health, Hr, Performance Management, Teamwork, Third Metric, Physical Activity, Excercise,
Business News
If you've spent the last hour working through your emails before reading this, then your large
muscle groups are already deflating, your metabolism has slowed, and your biological switch has
flicked to the 'standby' position.
Why You Can't Leave People to Their Own (Wearable) Devices
The hard truth is that leading a healthy lifestyle isn't about buying something, or wearing something,
or consuming something. It's about doing something.
Interruption Rich
When combined with multiple electronic communication systems an interruption-rich work
environment is created. Evidence shows exhaustion, error rates, stress, anxiety and physical
ailments increasing with frequent interruptions.
Avoid Mistakes When Correcting Others
There may be reasons why employees cannot be corrected in a timely manner. Those reasons don't
3. matter. What matters is the employee continues to do something incorrectly or behave poorly.
Leading for Success: How to Motivate Your Team
Motivating a team might be compared to creating a sculpture. The artist is able to see beyond the
raw material to the potential in the mass, and then carefully carve away extra material to realize a
fine piece of art.
Avoid 5 Big Mistakes and Sales Leaders Will Be Highly Desired and Get Great Results
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Targets, Managers, Sales, Business, Motivation, Results, Performance Management, Business News
A great sales leader who is highly-desired has mastered the art, delivered the numbers and brought
out the best in their people. Investing in people does not mean leaders are "soft" and won't get
results. It is quite the opposite.
Where's the White Space?
The work world is smaller and spinning faster than ever. Many of us keep up by moving faster, doing
more work with fewer people and modifying processes to minimize cost. That is what makes profits
grow. But it may not distinguish us from others.
Stop Assigning Numbers to People!
Performance appraisals may finally be a human resource system of the past. Tons of evidence and
our guts tell us they are ineffective measures of performance. Often, the best performers do not get
the highest performance scores.
What to Do When Managers and Employees Aren't on the Same _age
Employees and managers frequently hold different views on the workplace, and that is to be
expected. But it can be spell trouble if the gap between em...
4. Do You Work for a Great Company?
A successful company meets it's revenue goals and continues to grow. But a great company does
that in addition to creating an environment where their ...
Eliminating Performance Appraisals
Of course, even the best performance management system cannot make all managers effective at
setting goals, coaching, and giving feedback. The answer for them is not eliminating the appraisal
system; it is eliminating them.
Rating and Ranking in Performance Appraisals
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BusinessWeek, Shira Ovide, Performance Management, Businessweek, Management, Career
Coaching, Business News
In many companies today, performance appraisals are all about what is going wrong. That should be
turned around, so that there is more of a conversation of what is going right, and if it isn't, how that
can be fixed.
Lies, Damned Lies and Employee Surveys!
Employee surveys are a distraction; they cost a lot of money, produce data of questionable value and
waste time and resources that could be better spent on doing business. The problem is they have
now become an end in themselves.
The Life Out Loud: Turning Dreams Into Reality With Vision Boards
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Julie Thorne Engels, Human Resources, Entrepreneurs, Millennial Generation, Performance
Management Tools, Achieving Goals, Entrepreneurship, Performance Management, Self-Help,
Bettyvision, Healthy Living News
5. Have you ever tried making a vision board? It's often one of the first assignments I give my coaching
clients -- a powerful visual way of creatively connecting with your hopes and dreams.
Improving employee performance reviews
The term "performance management" often strikes fear in the hearts of supervisors and employees
alike. They tend to think about the dreaded performanc...
Make Performance Appraisals Change Friendly
In addition to having the right structure and technology, a change friendly performance
management system requires managers who are skilled in managing performance.
The Nonprofit Imperative: Following the Evidence, but Leading the Charge
For the past several weeks, I've been writing about the urgent need to redefine "success" in the
nonprofit sector.
Five Steps to Turn Data Into Dollars
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Nonprofit Sector, Jobraising, Jobraising Challenge, Opportunity-Working, Impact News
Will Phil See His Shadow?
The irregular weather patterns lately have us all scurrying to find our jackets, snow gear, or even at
times flip flops. It's been an odd season. That's where we see a huge return in working remotely.
