Learn about the direction performance management is heading and how the most effective trends can help manage your team.

A holistic, well-considered performance management process is key to fostering a motivated, high-performing team. A thoughtfully designed process supports employees’ growth, provides them (and their ...

August 18, 2025 - Employers often encounter significant challenges when addressing the performance of employees particularly when the performance counseling (e.g., a performance discussion and/or ...

Eliminating these common mistakes from the performance review process can optimize the process and make it a more worthwhile ...

To fix performance management systems, C. Allen Gorman, Ph.D., industrial-organizational psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business, suggests implementing a ...

Management consulting firm McKinsey argues, “Effective performance management systems [are] designed to help people get better in their work, and they offer clarity in career development and ...

Human resources leaders have been trying to design the best performance management program for decades. But it's been impossible to achieve because they often assume uniform needs where there is ...

More changes for federal employees are expected to continue in 2026, according to goals the Trump administration laid out in the President’s Management Agenda.

Financial stress has made its way into the workplace—in more ways than many of us may realize. This report offers critical insights from a survey of 5000 employees and 500 HR professionals across ...

Why do we spend millions on performance management systems that everyone—managers, employees, and executives—openly admits are broken? The answer is uncomfortable but simple. We’ve designed these ...

There's an old saying in the advertising business that perception is reality. While that may not be completely (literally) true, it does have real relevance in terms of how one responds to advertising ...