Is your HR team drowning in the wrong data? KPIs have always been important for keeping a pulse on individual and organizational performance. But some of the KPIs we relied on a year ago are no longer ...

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The traditional method of assessing employee performance is the end of year review. Unfortunately, experts have found that this method is simply not effective in ensuring that employees reach their ...

When Uber, the immensely popular and ubiquitous ride-hailing company, struggled to attract and retain enough drivers to support surging customer demand, the company turned to a tried-and-true tactic: ...

In a decision dated 15 October 2025, the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) had the opportunity to rule on the following question: can behavioural criteria be taken into account when assessing ...

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek says “The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.” And anyone who has managed employees can ...

When presented with the option of numerical vs narrative performance reviews, employees find the latter to be the fairest ...

There's not a lot that people like less than getting criticized. For many, it's the least favorite part of their job. In National Research Center surveys, local government employees pan the way their ...

Conducting effective performance reviews is a critical skill for leaders at all levels, especially in high-stakes environments where career progression and salaries of $100,000 or more are common.

The other is to make the job of assessing employee performance seem more scientific than it really is. “What did you do/not do” aren’t the least bit quantitative, except for assembly line work. I ...