The yearly ritual of evaluating and sometimes rating and ranking the performance of employees has many flaws that are constantly overlooked. This method is time-consuming, excessively subjective, demotivating, and ultimately unhelpful. In addition, employees find these evaluations to be quite stressful. Employees are unsure how to improve their performance, and instead, they stress about the […]
The Shift of Performance Management
In order to engage in business growth, we must shift from the traditional performance management, a process that is no longer working. On a primary level, traditional performance reviews are used to document an employee’s performance and used to determine if he or she should get a raise. On a strategic level, the purpose of […]
The Importance of Team Building
When employees hear about having to participate in team building activities and games, many will find an excuse to get out of it. Team building has a bad rep as many view it as utterly useless and unproductive. However, team building is the most important investment you can make for your people. Team building builds […]
The Importance of Talent Management
“There is no way to spend too much time on obtaining and developing the best people” – Larry Bossidy Many organizations are coming to the realization that success comes from a strong pool of talent. In “Talent Management: A Critical part of every leader’s job,” the authors explain how leaders today are playing a significant […]
The Importance of Taking Care of Your Employees
You often hear leaders say, “take care of your employees, and they will take care of your customers.” This is often the case. Happy customers keep your company going, and often refer and recommend new business to you. So it makes sense why organizations put such heavy emphasis on keeping customers excited about the brand. […]
The Four Key Elements of Regulations and Practices
When you have people working for you, regulations and policies are essential. You need to enforce and communicate a set of policies and practices that reflect your standards of acceptable behavior. However, a successful system does more than draw boundaries; it also recognizes and addresses people’s unique needs. Everyone reacts differently, some people prefer the […]
The Changing Face of Human Resources
According to the surveys published for Effective Human Resource Management: A Global Analysis, the results displays what HR is lacking and what action HR needs to partake to become a key strategic force in major corporations. HR will have to increase its real and perceived value, and now is the time for HR to step […]
What Employers Look for When Hiring
There’s no doubt that job searching is stressful. With a competitive job market and many graduates entering the workforce, the search of landing a full-time job is no walk in the park. So what do employers look for when they’re hiring? In “Five things I look for when I’m Hiring”, written by Liz Ryan, she […]
Managers? Or Leaders? Or Both?
To begin, management and leadership are not necessarily the same, but they do go hand in hand. Over the years, the lines between the role of a leader and a manager have blurred, and the terms are now being used interchangeably. With the lack of clarity in job expectations, many workplaces have not been able […]
Impress Your Boss with These 15 Tips
It’s your first day on the job and naturally, you want to impress your boss. But how do you exactly go about doing this? You don’t want to come off as too strong, but you don’t want to come off as an ordinary worker. Every job is different, but most employers expect the essential characteristics […]