July 28, 2024 What happens when you get put on a performance improvement plan The dreaded PIP. Do you need to look for a new job? Here’s what you should know. BY Julia Herbst Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. … Continue reading What happens when you get put on a performance improvement plan
July 19, 2024 How to get problem employees to change their ways when performance reviews simply won’t work A too-brilliant-to-fire health-tech engineer kept blowing deadlines and ignoring scathing performance reviews. These executive coaches reveal a different management strategy that finally got him to shape up. BY Chantal Laurie Below and Jo Ilfeld Managers often use performance … Continue reading How to get problem employees to change their ways when performance reviews simply won’t work
May 07, 2024 Your employees are freaking out over performance reviews. Here’s how to make them less stressful Stress hormones spike in the weeks before a performance evaluation. This chief people officer says this doesn’t have to be the case. BY Livia Martini These days, performance reviews are getting a bad rap. They’re described as “awful,” … Continue reading Your employees are freaking out over performance reviews. Here’s how to make them less stressful
May 06, 2024 Why we need fewer performance reviews—and more check-ins In his new book, leadership expert Ashley Goodall argues that check-ins are a more personal way for teams to set goals. BY Ashley Goodall Performance management, if you’re not familiar with the term, is the slightly Orwellian name given to the process involving goal-setting, annual … Continue reading Why we need fewer performance reviews—and more check-ins
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Amy Edmondson February 09, 2024 Among the many variables that determine your career success, the ability to perform well in front of others, particularly critical stakeholders (bosses, clients, potential employers, or teachers) interested in evaluating your potential, cannot be underestimated. So much so, that much of the difference between average … Continue reading Obsessing about performance can hinder your success
By Julia Herbst September 24, 2023 Most of us are used to the annual (or semi-annual) cadence of performance reviews. You sit down with your boss and go over what you’re doing well, discuss any weaknesses, and agree on your goals for the upcoming year. At best, it can be a good chance to … Continue reading Are performance reviews useful?
By Shalene Gupta April 12, 2023 There’s work, and then there’s the performance of work—but how much time do employees spend on the latter? People analytics firm Visier surveyed 1,000 full-time employees to understand how much time people spend on “performative work”: work that isn’t necessary but is done to appear visible. Here’s what they found. … Continue reading Is your job ‘performative’? Why workers can’t quit the timeless art of looking busy
Performance Media Shops Reorganize C-Suites, Become More Strategically Focused by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, June 16, 2022 It may seem like a coincidence that two major performance media agencies announced strategic reorganizations this morning, but I think it speaks to the fact that performance is more than just moving needles, and is becoming much more integrated … Continue reading Performance Media Shops Reorganize C-Suites, Become More Strategically Focused
By Amy Leschke-Kahle May 30, 2022 The pandemic offered people many lessons. We learned a lot during the pandemic. We learned that employees and their managers can work from different locations and still get work done. We learned many employees, even though they often don’t get rewarded with the highest salaries, are willing … Continue reading POV: Why we should retire traditional performance reviews
Riley Steinbach August 31, 2021 Many executives are starting to argue that the annual performance reviews are outdated and no longer useful and even 90% of HR professionals say that they are inaccurate at assessing employee’s performance. Although performance reviews should not be accompanied by bi-annual and quarter performance reviews, and most importantly continuous feedback, … Continue reading Key Topics to Cover in Performance Reviews
