To many, the modern performance management process may mean fairly straightforward & mundane – that’s what managers do, right? Unfortunately, most supervisors seem to have missed the memo on that one. According to Forbes, almost 80% of knowledge workers in the United States are not managed well. They do not feel encouraged, supported, or motivated …
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Knowledge workers dread meetings. With little planning going into them, meetings rarely produce the desired results. Follow Scrum or Kanban for project management & you are already a part of a bunch of other meetings. Then there are town halls, team meetings & and other gatherings specific to your organisation. But amidst all this noise, …
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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence – two of the most trending words in the world today. It seems every other groundbreaking innovation relies on either of the two terms here. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being adopted across multiple industry verticals. It has transformed the way we conduct everyday tasks by providing platforms that are …
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The meetings may be over but how they went will be seen by what happens next. Incidentally, in both cases, the HR team got in touch with the managers to discuss about their reportees. Joanne from HR got in touch with Ray to discuss about the ‘future of John’ at Acme Inc. Ray, being …
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The D-day – The actual day of performance review meeting. How the meeting is executed is determined by a couple of factors. The first primarily dependent on the preparedness of both manager and employee. And the second on the the company culture. Lastly on the mentality and attitude of all parties involved. The last …
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Preparing for a performance review is never easy. Particularly if it is not clear what to expect from it. It is no wonder a vast majority hates the phrase performance appraisals. It is not possible to narrow down the causes to a single/ universal problem. There could be multiple reasons leading to the entire process …
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Each new year represents a blank slate, giving everyone an opportunity to begin anew. The most common way people go about this, is by setting Resolutions. Majority of the times these resolutions are common across the board with a few tweaks here and there. On a personal front, there are the usual ones (but unfortunately very …
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In the past we have helped you manage performance reviews with 450+ handy performance review phrases sorted by functions. In this article, we will provide you with an extensive list of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) organised by function. You can just pick the ones that are applicable in your use case & refine them further. If …
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Team members often dread the very idea of performance reviews. In fact, studies show that vast majority of the workforce not only loathes these evaluations but think they’d be better off without them. This negative connotation of performance reviews held by employees is more or less, because of how they’re conducted. And thankfully, that can be changed for …
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As a manager, before reviewing performance of your direct reports you’ve prepared yourself. There is no doubt in your mind as to what you want to say & how you want to say it, to convey the right message & in the right tone. But as an employee, you go into the review prepared with …
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