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Summary. An individual development plan is a document created by an employer and employee that outlines the employee’s development needs to reach their career goals. Development plans should include current expectations and performance goals for them and an action plan to reach those goals. Improving performance and growth within your career is important for employees. […]
Individual Development Plan (With Template And Example)
Summary. An individual development plan is a document created by an employer and employee that outlines the employee’s development needs to reach their career goals. Development plans should include current expectations and performance goals for them and an action plan to reach those goals. Improving performance and growth within your career is important for employees. […]
Performance Appraisal Form (With Templates And Sample)
Summary. Performance appraisal forms are tools for conducting effective employee performance reviews. They should include a rating scale for key assessment areas as well as space to create employees’ goals for improvement. When you think about conducting performance reviews, you might think of awkward conversations and vague discussions about employees’ strengths and weaknesses. This is […]
How To Give An Employee Warning (With Template)
Summary. An employee warning is an official way for an organization to inform an employee that their conduct is not up to the organization’s standards. This can be either in regard to low performance or to other behavior that violates the code of conduct, such as altercations with other employees or excessive absenteeism. Warnings are […]
How To Respond To Negative Feedback from Employees
Summary: Responding properly to negative feedback from your employees is an important leadership skill. Feedback is an extremely valuable tool as it helps you to determine what’s working and what isn’t. It’s important to listen and make changes as needed after receiving negative feedback. Many people say that feedback is a gift. While it may […]
What Are Employee Evaluations?
Employee evaluations are formal reviews done by a manager on an employee’s performance. In most cases, they’re done on a yearly basis; however, some organizations do them more frequently. There should be a form to fill out when you do a review that allows the employee to see how well they’re meeting expectations, where they […]
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) In The Workplace (With Examples)
Every business has goals and objectives that they want to achieve. KPIs are a way to put these down on paper and measure progress toward them. It can also be used to assess employee performance and the performance of the company in general. In short, KPIs are a way to track improvements, changes, and progress […]
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Key Performance Indicators (KPI) In The Workplace (With Examples)
Every business has goals and objectives that they want to achieve. KPIs are a way to put these down on paper and measure progress toward them. It can also be used to assess employee performance and the performance of the company in general. In short, KPIs are a way to track improvements, changes, and progress […]
5 Reasons Why Continuous Performance Management is Driving Organizational Change
What exactly is it that makes continuous performance management so agile? And why is it deserving of such a huge organizational change?
5 Reasons Why My Opinion on Performance Reviews Has Changed
I recently attended the Betterworks Goal Summit in San Francisco and during the course of two fantastic sessions, my opinion on the entire performance review process changed dramatically. Here’s why.
How to Have Tough and Courageous Conversations With Your Employees
Often the key to managing an employee is to have tough, but fair conversations with them. In this blog entry, Christina Attrah shares her top tips to starting and finishing these conversations.
9 Tips to Ensure You Run an Effective End of Year Performance Review
A comprehensive guide on how to conduct a productive end-of-year performance evaluation for employees, including tips on setting goals, getting ready for the review, and communicating feedback that workers can actually use.
7 Tips To Avoid Being Called A Bully At Work
Why does the term “bullying” get bandied around so much in an era where a focus on performance management, productivity, team harmony, and wellbeing at work seems to influence much corporate HR strategy?
5 Essential Factors of Successful Employee Evaluations
Employee performance evaluations occur in nearly every organization. Whilst approaches differ within every organization, the goal is often the same - to set and help manage expectations with our workforce. Below are five things you can employ to help in your discussions with your employees about their performance.
How To Conduct A Performance Appraisal
Your employees thrive on feedback. Without feedback and constructive criticism, it’s difficult for them to know where they’re succeeding, where they can do better, and what their future at the company might look like. That’s why performance appraisals are such an important tool to utilize in helping your employees thrive. Whether your employee is performing […]
How To Conduct A Performance Review
When you run a business, your employees’ morale is one of the most important things you should focus on maintaining. When your employees are happy and content, they are ultimately more productive in the workplace and provide the company with better work. A great way to ensure employee happiness and productivity is with a performance […]
8 Savvy Ways to Perk Up Performance Appraisals
The idea of having performance appraisals can make team members feel all sorts of emotions. Some feel fear and anxiety, others may feel neutral or excited, or even entitled. As the time for performance appraisals approaches, here are 8 areas management can review in helping upcoming appraisals to be more valuable, insightful and inspiring. 1. […]
6 Ways to Scare Your Staff Away During a Performance Review
It’s coming up to that time of the year again – it’s performance review season. And whilst there is plenty of advice out there for employees on how to prepare for their mid-year or annual performance review (depending on where you are in the world), it’s just as important for employers to prepare for the […]
How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Employees [Infographic]
You don't have to lose sleep when you need to give constructive feedback to your employees. Doing it well can actually help them to grow.
How to Have a Difficult Conversation With a Team Member
Nick Hedges shares his tips for any business owner having to have a difficult conversation with a poor performing team member or a difficult employee.
Why Performance Appraisals Could Actually Be Destructive [Infographic]
Here's a really interesting infographic which poses the question around whether employee performance reviews are productive or destructive. You decide.
How To Avoid The “Feedback Sandwich” When Evaluating Staff
Giving negative feedback can be stressful for both the giver and the receiver. The sandwich feedback technique tries to fix this by softening the “blow” of negative feedback by sandwiching it between two items of positive feedback. The colloquial term is a “sh*t sandwich" and nobody really wants a "sh*t sandwich" no matter how good the "bread" is.
End of year performance appraisal season is upon us!
Where has 2011 gone? Carols are piping through shopping malls and train stations, it’s almost impossible to get a taxi on any night of the week, people are walking the streets wearing reindeer horns, and you can’t find anything half decent to watch on TV. Yes … it’s that time of the year again. Time for […]
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