Leslie Allan
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How Top Management Views Performance Appraisal Systems
A survey of human resources professionals recently found a surprisingly high number of them lacked confidence in the effectiveness of their company's performance-management system. Though 91% of respondents said their organization evaluates performance, only 47% said the process is effective. It gets worse. Only 47% of respondents said their appraisal system helps their organization achieve... (posted by Leslie 267 days 15 hours ago.)
A survey of human resources professionals recently found a surprisingly high number of them lacked confidence in the effectiveness of their company's performance-management system. Though 91% of respondents said their organization evaluates performance, only 47% said the process is effective. It gets worse. Only 47% of respondents said their appraisal system helps their organization achieve... (posted by Leslie 267 days 15 hours ago.)
Employee Performance Management: Time to Reinvent the Wheel
Performance-management systems are broken at the majority of companies in every corner in the world. By teasing apart results of a recent worldwide survey of HR professionals, we've seen how evaluations are viewed as a joke by employees, a waste of time by many managers and a non-actionable talking point by some senior executives. Even HR managers, who in most companies lead the... (posted by Leslie 283 days 22 hours ago.)
Performance-management systems are broken at the majority of companies in every corner in the world. By teasing apart results of a recent worldwide survey of HR professionals, we've seen how evaluations are viewed as a joke by employees, a waste of time by many managers and a non-actionable talking point by some senior executives. Even HR managers, who in most companies lead the... (posted by Leslie 283 days 22 hours ago.)
Performance Appraisals and Compensation: A Deadly Mix
Performance appraisals are hated by employees, largely dreaded by managers and often described as ineffective by HR professionals. So why do organizations still engage in this annual exercise? The primary objective, cited by 66% of respondents to a survey by Sibson Consulting, is to distribute rewards based on individual performance. By comparison, just over half (54%) said greater individual... (posted by Leslie 296 days 22 hours ago.)
Performance appraisals are hated by employees, largely dreaded by managers and often described as ineffective by HR professionals. So why do organizations still engage in this annual exercise? The primary objective, cited by 66% of respondents to a survey by Sibson Consulting, is to distribute rewards based on individual performance. By comparison, just over half (54%) said greater individual... (posted by Leslie 296 days 22 hours ago.)
What Is Wrong with Performance Appraisals?
"Needs Improvement" "Below Expectations" "Unacceptable" As an employee, you would be mortified to see these ratings on your performance evaluation. Yet year after year, those are the words often used to describe performance reviews at organizations around the world. Any employee with such ratings would have "managed out" long ago. How badly are employee performance evaluations failing? Take a... (posted by Leslie 311 days 20 hours ago.)
"Needs Improvement" "Below Expectations" "Unacceptable" As an employee, you would be mortified to see these ratings on your performance evaluation. Yet year after year, those are the words often used to describe performance reviews at organizations around the world. Any employee with such ratings would have "managed out" long ago. How badly are employee performance evaluations failing? Take a... (posted by Leslie 311 days 20 hours ago.)
Is Your Training Business Matchmaking On-line?
Whether you run a large Registered Training Organisation or a one-person training consultancy, you already appreciate the importance of having an on-line presence. You may have set up a web site with the intention of keeping in contact with your customers and potential customers. However, raising your business profile on-line involves much more than simply putting up your web site and flicking a switch. Yes... (posted by Leslie 2 years 254 days ago.)
Whether you run a large Registered Training Organisation or a one-person training consultancy, you already appreciate the importance of having an on-line presence. You may have set up a web site with the intention of keeping in contact with your customers and potential customers. However, raising your business profile on-line involves much more than simply putting up your web site and flicking a switch. Yes... (posted by Leslie 2 years 254 days ago.)
Managing Change in Organizations: Lessons from the Best
Creating successful change today in any organization is getting more difficult. However, making change successful is not a choice that we have. How is your organization going about changing systems and people? IBM's Global Business Services survey, Making Change Work Study , asked more than 1,500 people involved with change management projects about their change management practices. Organizations... (posted by Leslie 2 years 258 days ago.)
Creating successful change today in any organization is getting more difficult. However, making change successful is not a choice that we have. How is your organization going about changing systems and people? IBM's Global Business Services survey, Making Change Work Study , asked more than 1,500 people involved with change management projects about their change management practices. Organizations... (posted by Leslie 2 years 258 days ago.)
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