Employee Performance
No, Finance should NOT be running HR
It’s not a new idea, but its idiocy remains ever-fresh: “Finance should run HR.”
Post-COVID workplace realities – and what HR can do now
Employees have changed. Management has changed. Work has changed. Now it’s time to adapt to the post-COVID workplace realities. How, where and why we work are different than before the coronavirus. Here’s what researchers and experts found – and how HR can proactively manage the new workplace realities. Normal is still on hold Nearly all…
Setting employee goals: Helpful tips and examples for your managers
Performance reviews can boost employee engagement and drive organizational success. But their effectiveness hinges on one critical element: employee goals. Yet a surprising amount of employers are coming up short when it comes to setting employee goals, according to the 2023 Digital Work Trends Report from software development company Slingshot. The report, which surveyed 305…
State of the performance review: What the best companies are doing today
Performance reviews. Everybody agrees that the old approach – sit the employee down and tell them where they’ve been underperforming for the past 12 months – just doesn’t work. HighGround, which offers a cloud platform to help managers and employees communicate, recently released a study on the state of performance reviews, and offers some new…
The dismal prospect of firing somebody around holiday time
Firing somebody just before the holidays strikes most people as the most Scrooge-like move an employer can make.
The human touch: How great technology helps teams maximize performance
Technology enhances our work, but it can never replace our ability to genuinely connect to one another to maximize performance.
The problems with performance reviews and how to fix them
Ah, annual performance reviews – perhaps the most dreaded meeting of the year by both employee and boss. And now researchers say they aren’t only dreaded and ineffective: they’re potentially harmful to the people and the company. Just 14% of employees agree their performance review inspires them to improve. The other 86%? Perhaps they’re just…
The problems with remote work – and how HR can help fix them
It may have been a saving grace in the face of a pandemic, but there are problems with remote work. Now that employees continue to work from home for more than a year, researchers and workplace experts say there are issues. And it hasn’t likely gone unnoticed by HR pros like you. “The landscape of…
The trouble with Loud Laborers — and 5 things leaders can do to stop it
Is it noisier than it used to be at work? Probably — and you can thank Loud Laborers. More than 75% of employees have worked with a Loud Laborer, according to research from Monster. But the real problem for HR isn’t the noise. It’s the workplace issues Loud Laborers stir up. For those who’ve worked…
They’re so lazy! 5 ways to help slackers on staff become better performers
Some employees aim low – and do just enough to hit their mark. They’re under-performers and they’re the bane of most managers’ existence. Slackers on staff suck the energy out of their colleagues, too — often leading to resentment and team dysfunction. How many slackers on staff? By some estimates, 10% of employees are under-performers….
To improve workplace productivity, own your work friction: 3 ways to identify, eliminate it
From front-line workers to C-suite executives, employees throughout organizations share an all-too-common experience. Routine work is increasingly complex. And it tends to take an unnecessary amount of effort to complete. Of course, wasting effort wastes time. And unnecessary work wastes a lot of time. According to Gartner, employees spend nearly two hours per day on…
What’s wrong with annual reviews – and 6 tips to improve them
Annual reviews are a thorn in the side of employees, managers and HR. Yet, despite the bad rap, companies continue to schedule performance reviews one time a year. Employees usually dread the conversations, wondering how they’ve measured up. Managers often stress over the additional pre- and post-meeting work, plus the discomfort associated with sometimes having…
Why Jack Dorsey axed annual performance reviews – and what that means for you
Annual review season is here, but are performance reviews all they’re cracked up to be? More and more, leaders and workers alike are questioning the effectiveness of performance reviews, and whether they may be doing more harm than good. The topic is one that’s highly debated among organizations, making Jack Dorsey’s latest company strategy that…
Workers gaining clout in salary discussions? Doesn't look like it
Lately, we’ve been hearing that employees are feeling they’ve gained some leverage in the battle for higher salaries — to the point where they’re seriously considering jumping ship if they don’t get the dough they want. But recent research indicates employers aren’t taking the threat all that seriously.
You suspect an employee is using drugs: What now?
You can’t prove it, but the signs are there. So how do you deal with suspected drug abuse without violating privacy rights or making false accusations?
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