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

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Employee performance reviews take time and effort — and aren’t always conducted very efficiently. According to surveys, nearly 60% of businesses use basic spreadsheets to track and monitor staff ...

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

We asked Yale SOM leadership expert David Tate how leaders can create environments that support wellbeing without sacrificing ...

Employee engagement has reached its lowest point in over a decade. According to the Gallup State of the Global Workforce 2025 ...

The employee performance management process is ready for an overhaul, thanks to the changing needs and requirements of employees, the organizations they work for and the customers they serve. The ...

Shifting from numerical to narrative-based performance reviews can significantly impact employees' perceptions of fairness ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...