Only 12% of employees in a Gallup study “strongly agreed” their boss helps them set priorities at work. This is alarming, considering employees don’t always have the high-level view of the organizational goals and strategy like its leaders do.
Define & Align Company Values with Employee Feedback
By Michael Heller healthcare, Performance Feedback Jan 08, 2017
Why Ditching Annual Reviews Isn’t Enough
By Michael Heller Performance Reviews Jan 02, 2017
You’ve heard the news and have read multiple articles about the subject – annual performance reviews are no more! Or, at least they should be reimagined. Especially considering 30% of so-called “reviews” actually decrease employee performance. Ouch.
Advance Your Career During The Next Holiday Party
By Michael Heller Employee Engagement Dec 27, 2016
A recent survey found that 89% of companies are planning holiday or year-end parties. Office parties around the holidays always tend to be interesting. Everyone has heard the stories about someone becoming too intoxicated and embarrassing themselves, but instead of[…]
5 Things to Consider Before Raise Requests
By Michael Heller Performance Reviews Dec 19, 2016
Salary increases are expected to remain stable at 3.0% again in 2017. Is your company set to give raises this year? If the ‘big talk’ is coming up where you will be addressing employee compensation, first do these 5 things[…]
Painful End of the Year Reviews
By Michael Heller Performance Reviews Dec 12, 2016
For HR Professionals and Managers, year-end can mean painful performance review time. And this is exacerbated if you are one of the 52% of companies that conducts annual reviews. Why? Because you’re forced to remember everything Tim from financial operations[…]
Turning Performance Reviews into a Process, Not an Event
By Michael Heller Performance Reviews Dec 05, 2016
It’s that time of year again. Performance reviews are coming back around and it seems to be the talk of the office. It’s the year-end event that many look forward to (or possibly dread), but the problem many companies face is[…]
Annual Performance Review Predictions for 2017
By Michael Heller Performance Reviews Nov 21, 2016
Performance management is one of the biggest discussions among HR professionals right now. Annual performance reviews are being debated on how to transform them into something that serves both managers and employees. Many companies are deciding to ditch the annual[…]
Business Slow? Invest in Employee Engagement
By Michael Heller Employee Engagement Nov 14, 2016
Let’s get the simple explanation out of the way – engaged employees means better productivity. We’re talking big time increases. A study by Gallup found companies with an average of 9.3 engaged employees for every actively disengaged employee, experienced 147%[…]
What the Experts REALLY Think About Performance Management
By Michael Heller Performance Feedback Nov 07, 2016
Performance reviews have been a long-time subject of debate. With the implementation of new HR technologies like automated microfeedback, people are starting to question whether regular performance reviews are useful at all. Shockingly, only 8% of companies believe their performance[…]
This post was brought to us by Red Branch Media CEO, Maren Hogan. Building a performance feedback culture with social? How on earth can you do that? Performance reviews take up half your time. You have a millennial staff for[…]
