One of the last sacred cows in businesses–from start-up to mature organizations–is the ineffective, poorly timed annual performance appraisal. It’s hated by both employees and managers. The process ...

Yes, it’s that time of year again -- when the groans of managers can be heard over the mere mention of the words, “Annual Performance Reviews.” Many managers see performance appraisals as nothing more ...

Each member of the classified service is to be evaluated at least once per fiscal year. Either the “Miami University Employee Performance Report” or your department’s specific performance appraisal ...

Companies like Accenture, Microsoft, and General Electric are ditching annual performance reviews for more frequent feedback sessions, but for many others the practice is a way to end the year with a ...

For over two thousand years doctors would puncture their patients’ veins and let them bleed out in order to rid them of their diseases. Today we laugh at the practice of bloodletting. Two hundred ...

It wasn’t quite the storming of the Bastille, but a fledgling revolution was unfolding this past spring inside the conference rooms of the palm-studded, fairway-lined Trump National Doral Miami. With ...

Goal-setting is an interactive process in which employee and supervisor set goals together in an atmosphere of open communication. When the process works effectively, the employee is confident that he ...

We’ve all been there, that time of the year when performance evaluations occur, instilling anxiety in both employees and managers. Not only does this annual review process create additional workload ...

The Willmar City Council on Monday unanimously approved conducting another performance evaluation of City Administrator ...

The district announced its annual performance score Nov. 6. It now is time for the school board to take a closer look at ...