Understanding 9-Box Reporting for Performance Management
Employee reviews need to accurately judge an employee’s recent performance as well as future potential. An easy framework for combining these two critical metrics and sorting employees into categories is a simple 9-box grid. Some judgment calls involve a lot of potential for bias and subjectivity, but clearly defined metrics can make assessments more fair. […]
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Tips for Setting, Measuring, and Tracking Employee Goals
Vague goals, like New Year’s resolutions, are easily forgotten. A resolution to “get healthy” might not last a week while you debate investing in a gym membership. Likewise, employee goals need even more detailed structure than fitness goals, including measuring and tracking progress. How can companies ensure employee goals are not only appropriately set, but […]
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7 Must-Haves for Successful Employee Review Process
Your company’s employee review process says a lot about your company culture. Reviews aren’t just a designated time to tell workers how to improve their performance. Rather, the employee review process has the potential to improve employee engagement and overall company culture. It is easy for the employee review process to veer off-course: With HR […]
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Overtime Running Over-Budget? 10 Tips for Managing Overtime
Overtime is an important topic for businesses of all sizes. Excessive overtime leads to overspending for your company and overworked staff—on top of various employment laws and labor regulations to consider. Managing overtime is a crucial topic for HR and managers to plan for and address. Overtime policies need to be clear and fair. Overtime […]
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20 Essential HR Policies Every Company Must Cover
The HR compliance landscape is continually evolving. Businesses have no choice but to keep up or become subject to fines and other penalties. Company leaders aren’t always aware of (much less fully understand) their company’s compliance needs. Make sure your business is fully covered with these essential HR policies. Include these 20 must-haves in your […]
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Discover the Benefits of Performance Management Software
Performance reviews have been a staple of businesses everywhere for decades. Unfortunately, despite their consistent presence in workplaces, the review process itself has grown stale. For many businesses, performance reviews occur once a year. The dread is placed upon employees and managers alike, often yielding inaccurate data and a failure to enact any real, positive change. But […]
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6 Effective Tips for Managing Underperforming Remote Employees
The American workforce has undergone a seismic shift in the wake of COVID-19. Most businesses are expected to return to some version of normal operations eventually, but the increase in remote employees will continue to affect operations, even after most employees return to working in the office. Without face-to-face interaction, managers have needed to develop […]
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Common Performance Management Mistakes And How Technology Can Help You Avoid Them
All managers strive to keep their team effective and motivated at work. Beyond the practical importance of meeting deadlines and quotas, performance is an important gauge for whether employees are properly trained, equipped, and even satisfied while at work. A majority of employees want to perform their jobs well, but you’ll need more than motivated […]
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Performance Management: Four Keys to Kickstarting a Performance-Based Work Culture
Company culture is an X-factor that can either erode morale and employee engagement or multiply productivity and positively grow your business. A key component of company culture is performance management. You can monitor individual outputs and set goals, but even conservative efforts to improve productivity can cause a backlash when the culture behind it isn’t […]
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Finding the Right Performance Management System and Implementing It Effectively
Performance reviews are a crucial way for employers to assess their employees, uncover strengths and weaknesses, and implement positive change. For employees, reviews are a great opportunity to self-evaluate, show importance and worth, and to learn where they stand as part of the team and with the company as a whole. While there are many […]
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