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Ten Minute Guide to Performance Appraisals
Author Dale Furtwengler
As a new manager, how do you construct a performance review that will give your employees balanced, encouraging feedback, yet provide them with the critiquing they may need? This book answers that question. It explains the importance of employee appraisals to your s....
Release Date 2000/11 -
Author Bernard Baumohl
Every day, stocks, bonds, and currencies bounce wildly in response to new economic indicators. Money managers obsess over those statistics, because they provide crucial clues about the future of the economy and the financial markets.Now you can use these indicators ....
Release Date 2004/09 -
Business Rules and Information Systems: Aligning IT with Business Goals
Author Tony Morgan
Information systems often fail because their requirements are poorly defined. This book shows IT professionals how to specify more precisely and more effectively what their systems need to do. The key lies in the discovery and application of what are called business....
Release Date 2002/03 -
The Other Talent War: Competing through Alumni
Author Deepak Somaya , Seth Carnahan
Companies increasingly recognize the value of maintaining good relationships with former employees. Recent research, however, reveals a new insight: It's also wise to pay attention to what your competitors' former employees are up to. Show and hide more ....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Measuring the Benefits of Employee Engagement
Author Anita Pansari , V. Kumar
It’s well known that employees’ attitudes toward the organization have a significant effect on how they approach their jobs and how they treat customers. But recent research also suggests that high levels of employee engagement are associated with highe....
Release Date 2015/07 -
How Workplace Fairness Affects Employee Commitment
Author Fiona Harrigan , Paul McGrath , Lucy McCarthy , Donna Marshall , Jean-Louis Barsoux
New research offers insights into the effects that fair procedures and outcomes - or a lack of them - have on employees' commitment to an organization. Show and hide more
Release Date 2016/01 -
How Boards Botch CEO Succession
Author Nancy Lane , Robert Hooijberg
The strategic importance of CEO succession is indisputable, and the elements of effective succession planning have long been known. So why do many boards plan poorly for CEO succession when the cost of failure is so high? Research finds three key reasons: Hiring cr....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace
Author Emilio J. Castilla
For their companies to remain competitive and successful, many executives strongly believe that they need to recruit and retain top talent. And to do so, they must foster meritocracies — hiring, rewarding, and promoting the best people, based on their merit. ....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Data-Driven City Management: A Close Look at Amsterdam’s Smart City Initiative
Author Michael Fitzgerald
The opportunity to use data analytics to improve city life is enormous — but cities aren’t yet ready to make the transition. One city leading the way is Amsterdam, which has been working toward becoming a “smart city” for almost 7 years. The....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Winning the Digital War for Talent
Author David Kiron , Anh Nguyen Phillips , Doug Palmer , Gerald C. Kane
Competition for digitally savvy talent has never been higher, but companies' methods for acquiring and keeping the skilled employees they need are outmoded. Whether they want to develop capabilities in employees or tap on-demand talent markets — or some mix ....
Release Date 2016/01 -
The Missing Piece in Performance Development
Author Shlomo Ben-Hur , Nik Kinley
In recent years, organizations have begun to prioritize processes for improving future performance over evaluating employees’ past efforts. Yearly development objectives and annual reviews are being replaced by real-time feedback delivered directly by line ma....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Helping Employees Improve Performance
Author Bruce Posner
“Getting performance management right is an old challenge,” according to Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur, authors of the article “The Missing Piece in Employee Development.” The key element isn’t measuring performance but the interaction....
Release Date 2017/10 -
New Ways to Gauge Talent and Potential
Author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic , Josh Bersin
While most organizations still rely on traditional methods such as résumé screenings, job interviews, and psychometric tests to find the right people and match them with the right roles, three new approaches to talent identification are quickly gaining tr....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Finding Good News for Human Rights After Khashoggi
Author Markus Scholz , N. Craig Smith
The room to maneuver on business and human rights has significantly expanded with the exposure of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal death. Companies must take advantage of this moment to prioritize human rights. Now is the time for business leaders and comp....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Author Michael B Horn
Facing sizable skills gaps in their current and future workforces, companies have stopped waiting for the traditional education system to supply the workers they need. Amazon, AT&T, and others have stepped in with their own solutions to fill those gaps. These companie....
Release Date 2020/01 -
Betting Big on Employee Development
Author Ardine Williams
Amazon HQ2’s vice president for workforce development, Ardine Williams, explains the rationale behind the company’s strategy for upskilling its workforce even when the training it provides opens up new opportunities for its employees elsewhere.
Release Date 2020/02 -
It’s Time to Reset the IT Talent Model
Author Peter Jacobs , Klemens Hjartar , Eric Lamarre
Finding the best people and paying more for them is, paradoxically, the most cost-effective way to optimize IT output. By adopting a new approach to assessing IT competence, companies can nurture engineering talent, boost productivity, and reduce costs.
Release Date 2020/03 -
Creating Jobs and Workspaces That Energize People
Author Anthony C. Klotz
People have a strong innate desire to be in touch with nature. By designing jobs and workspaces that fulfill that desire, organizations may be able to replenish their employees’ energy reserves in four key ways: cognitively, emotionally, prosocially, and physically. Ima....
Release Date 2020/05 -
How to Create a Good Learning Environment—Training Basics
Author Cat Sharpe
Why does even the most expertly designed and deployed training sometimes fail to produce the desired results? Could a poor learning environment be the answer? This issue presents a comprehensive discussion of why and how adults learn. It discusses various instructio....
Release Date 1997/05 -
Succession Planning—Career Development
Author Marilyn Buckner , Ph.D. , Lynn Slavenski
Succession planning is often the orphan child in organization, ignored or perhaps mentioned but certainly not cared for and nurtured. This issue outlines the five components of a succession planning process: replacement planning, human resource audit, high-potential....
Release Date 1998/05 -
The Role of the Performance Intervention Specialist—Performance
Author Madelyn R. Callahan
This is the second in a series of four Info-lines looking at the roles involved in the Human Performance Improvement Process. This issue describes the six competencies of the intervention specialist, the types of performance interventions and how to design and devel....
Release Date 1997/12 -
Best Practices: Achieving Goals
Author Kathleen Schienle
Aiming high is essential to success. But by following through and completing what you've set out to do, you can truly outperform your competitors. Achieving Goals, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Set smart a....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Best Practices: Evaluating Performance
Author Barry Silverstein
Successful management relies on identifying and promoting high-performing employees—and targeting underperformers for serious improvement. Evaluating Performance, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Monitor day-....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews
Author Robert Bacal , Douglas Max
Writing performance appraisals is one of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks managers face. Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews simplifies the job, providing a comprehensive collection of phrases that managers can use to describe employee performance, pr....
Release Date 2002/11 -
Perfect Phrases for Employee Development Plans
Author Anne Bruce
THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION EVERY TIMEThe secret to business success today is employee and talent development. Companies that invest in branding and creating smart, self-reliant, “upgradeable” talent are the ones that will lead their industries in the futur....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Author Lawrence Holpp
Increase Productivity with High-Impact Performance Reviews!Performance appraisals may not be everyone’s favorite task. Done right, though, they serve as a vital part of company strategy—and document in black and white your contribution to the organization’s success.....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Perfect Phrases for Communicating Change
Author Lawrence Polsky
THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERYSITUATION . . . EVERY TIMEEmployees respond to organizational change with worry, fear, and sometimeseven panic. Your job is to keep them motivated and focused—so you mustchoose your words carefully during times of upheaval.
Release Date 2010/01