Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: What’s the better way to grade performance — on a numerical scale or the common “meets expectations” method?

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Tags: appraisal, minority, performance, Supervisors

Our team of experts fields real-life, everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: Should someone from HR sit in when an employee is getting a poor performance review? 

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Tags: HR, performance, reviews, Terminations

Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: A poor performer should get terminated, but there may be a hidden reason for keeping him. 

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Tags: performance, privacy, terminated

The book — The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millenial Generation is Shaking Up the Workplace – describes what today’s new college graduates expect from their employers. Hint: You’re probably not going to like what the author has to say.

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Tags: millenials, performance, Ron Alsop, The Trophy Kids Grow Up

HR manager Kristina Davis had a problem: She tried designing performance incentives and awards, other than cash, that would get people’s attention and raise performance. Every incentive bombed, however. Until she hit on a way to sharpen their impact.

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Tags: awards, Incentives, performance, rewards

From the book 401 Proven Ways to Retain Your Best Employees, here are three that companies have tested – and that work for retention. 

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Tags: 401 Proven Ways to Retain Your Best Employees, bonuses, performance, raises, retention

In this real-life legal case, an ex-employee sues, claiming he was fired for complaining about safety — but his complaint proved to be false. Who won?

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Tags: Behavior, health, performance, safety

You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.

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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance

In this real-life case, a Muslim employee performs poorly and is terminated. He sues the company for discrimination, noting that his boss made derogatory comments about Arabs and terrorism. Who won?

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Tags: arabs, discrimination, muslim, performance

Too many times, people get placed in managerial jobs for all the wrong reasons, and they make all the wrong moves. Funny thing is, most of those who don’t succeed at managing gave off all the signals that they wouldn’t work out, but no one was listening.

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Tags: leadership, Managers, performance, turnover