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

The recently issued mandate, “Performance Management for Federal Employees,” requires agencies to “provide a firm benchmark towards which employees must aim their performance.” It’s on point but fails ...

The Office of Personnel Management has just issued detailed new requirements for agency performance management systems, and while I will take issue with some of the details on technical and policy ...

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 ...

Although nearly half of organizations say a solid performance management system could significantly increase their productivity, most programs lack clarity and effectiveness, according to an Oct. 29 ...

Employee performance is central to many human resource decisions. When determining compensation changes, incentives, promotions, demotions, reductions-in-force, and while also explaining pay ...

Why Cornerstone for Performance Management? The University of Colorado Boulder decided to implement an online performance management solution to better support our collective efforts toward improving ...

well-crafted performance plan informs employees of the criteria that will be used to evaluate their performance several months into the future. Every employee's performance plan should align with unit ...

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 ...