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by Denise Blasevick, founding partner and CEO, The S3 Agency Employees are talking at your workplace. The question is: Are they communicating in a constructive manner to the parties who can effect change—and finding a way to be part of that change? Or are they grousing and gossiping because they feel there is no other […]
By Greg Harris Setting up a successful performance management strategy begins with understanding what employees need to be productive and motivated—and they may need more than you think.
As the year comes to a close, many employers are finalizing employee performance reviews for the year. Let’s take a look at 7 best practices for employee performance reviews:
by Ron DeCamella, director of Learning for Namely The performance review—what was once a staple of the workplace has become a heated debate in HR. While some stand by them as the traditional way to measure performance, others argue that they’re not effective at all.
More than 40% of small business employees say they receive no feedback from their company and its managers, even though consistent performance evaluation is considered by Human Resources experts to be one of the most important qualities of a manager. This lack of feedback is having a negative impact on the enthusiasm of small business […]
Gamification is an effective tool to make training engaging and fun, because it uses the “dynamics of games,” such as collaboration, chance, and progression, to tap learners’ intrinsic desire to master and complete tasks, says Monica Cornetti, founder and CEO of Sententia Games.
When I was in elementary school, it wasn’t unusual for my report card to come home with a note from the teacher at the bottom that read something like, “Danny is well-behaved, but he must learn not to talk so much in class.” I somehow escaped the “Danny” moniker by middle school, but that’s a […]
By Erin Pappo, client services director, Camden Consulting Group As most HR professionals understand too well, turnover hurts a company’s bottom line, and it also ruins morale for the employees left behind. Workers in the U.S. have an average job tenure of approximately 4.6 years and 45% of employers now expect new college grads to […]
Time for another employee survey? We all know it’s an important tool for your business, but how do you ensure good participation numbers when everyone is so busy most of the time? Yesterday we explored how to communicate results. Here are some tips to get employees participating in the first place:
Yesterday we began to explore the state of performance reviews with Lisa Bodell of futurethink. Today we’ll look at what some major companies have done with their performance reviews.