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Recently, Randstad's 2002 Employee Review showed that 92% of employees with regular performance reviews were satisfied with their manager or supervisor while only 72% of those with no regular reviews were satisfied. Repeatedly, we see supervisor effectiveness as one of the top reasons employees leave an organization. The cost of either an employee loss or just a loss in productivity from supervisor ineffectiveness could be very painful to the bottomline. So, if this statistic is true, do we really want 20% of our workforce to be dissatisfied with our managers simply because they do not have regular performance reviews? If not, then we need to provide managers with techniques and tools to make performance reviews less painful and more beneficial.

Improving Annual Performance Reviews

Employees and managers alike complain about the annual performance review process being a tedious, biased, ineffective morale-buster. A 2007 study of 2,200 employees by Salary.com found that more than 60% of workers say reviews don't do anything to help their future performance. Nearly eight in ten companies conduct performance appraisals, and of those, 72% report being only somewhat satisfied, not very satisfied or extremely dissatisfied with the process, according to a 2006 SuccessFactors study of 1,000 HR professionals. So why have a performance appraisal system in place when everyone is so unhappy with them?

Standardizing Performance Reviews

Completing performance reviews on a regular basis is essential for maintaining motivation, assessing department capabilities, and managing your staff effectively. Managers who do not complete performance reviews or deal with performance issues reduce employee morale, decrease credibility of management, diminish organizational effectiveness, and contribute to increased costs for resources. Use Demand Metric’s downloadable Performance Review Template to help you standardize your employee performance review process.

Bad Bosses
Because of the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada," a lot of people have been talking about horrific bosses. It seems as if everyone has a story about a terrible boss that made going to work seem like a living hell.

How to Deal: Performance Reviews

On both sides of the conference table, Performance reviews are considered one of the most disliked, or often feared parts of working within an organization. On one side, the employer or manager, may have not kept accurate records of an employee’s progress is stuck on highlight performance highs and lows, and how to encourage the employee to set new goals based on the performance review. Employees may feel they did not receive the performance review they truly deserve…perhaps viewing their employer or manager as overly critical. How does an organization get past these issues and make performance reviews enjoyable? Astronology investigates the concerns in performance reviews.

How to Deal: Difficult Leaders

Your office morale is low, although your productivity is at a constant, sub par level. The atmosphere in the organization is that of sheer terror and dissatisfaction, not because of a near miss deadline, but because a supervisor has an overly authoritative approach to leading his team, or department. Such a scenario is not as far-fetched as it may seem. In many organizations, an over zealous (but well meaning) supervisor or manager may exercise severe leadership tactics in order to create the most successful team possible. Unfortunately, for the employees, such a leadership leads to dissatisfaction to the organization and later, a loss of talent for the organization as dissatisfied employees begin to leave. In this edition of Astronology, The How to Deal trilogy will discuss difficult managers.

Performance Appraisals
Ever wonder why some employees strive to do their best while others lack motivation and are just there to receive a paycheque? This is a challenge all companies face and there are solutions, but correcting poor performance requires effort by both employees and management. There are many reasons why employees don't reach their potential.....read the complete article to learn more...

Retention Of Your Best Employees
Good employees are hired through your most effective recruitment strategies and finding those employees takes time, effort and money. But once you have them, how do you hold on to them? Retention of the best employees is one of the largest challenges faced by many organizations today.

Dealing with Performance Review Disagreements
What do you do when an employee disagrees with something you've written on their performance review? Here are five tips to help you prepare for potential disagreements during performance reviews and how to deal with them effectively.

Creating the right sales training environment

The manager, coach or trainer who is committed to accelerating the learning process of their people must attend to creating an optimal learning or meeting environment which also includes it being safe on all levels. For learning, feedback or a meeting to take place effectively you need to create a comfortable and safe environment. For this to occur you need to plan and arrange the environment and resources you will need for your session or meeting.

Monitoring Productivity
One of the key elements of productivity is observation.The reality is that people perform better when they are being monitored and observed. Monitoring work being doing also allows use to assess the value of that work, eliminate time wasting activities where appropriate giving us time to focus on the important value adding tasks.

What Are YOU Good At?

Recently, during a corporate training session at LEGO, I asked a group of professionals to write down 20 qualities about themselves, 20 strengths of their personal brand. One woman looked completely dumbfounded. She stared down at the blank sheet of paper and finally said, "Rahna, that's got to be the hardest thing you could've asked for!" She was stumped. She had no idea what to write and sadder still, she had no idea what she was good at! This is a woman in a very large, very well-known company that conducts annual formal performance reviews....and still she didn't know. Can you imagine?

When the Heat is On, It’s time to CHILL “5 Steps to Help You Handle Any Situation”
This article will teach you how to handle any stressful situation with your boss. These 5 steps just make get you your next promotion!

Seven Steps to a Successful Performance Review

Whether you are a sales rep or a sales manager, there are a few basic principles that can make a significant difference in your commission check if you apply them. They certainly have for me. (Not that I apply them perfectly; just below my polished surface lurk laziness, arrogance and self-pity that if not kept in check can sabotage my best efforts.) The principles are simple, but not easy; they require self- motivation and self-discipline. But if you apply them, you will see measurable results. So, read on!

Helicopter Parents Descending onto Your Organization
Has your organization seen an increase in the number of "helicopter" parents involving themselves with their child's work, social and personal life? If so, you're not alone. This trend has definitely taken an upswing the past few years, and has become so common that there are organizations trying to devise strategies on how to combat this phenomenon.

EVERYONE HATES PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Leaders and employees alike. Most managers hate doing them. Employees hate them too – even those that are over achieving. Is it time to get rid of them?

Leadership and people versus task
Over the years there has been discussion on the leadership issue of people versus task. What exactly was the balance, when should the leader be concerned about people and when about task, and what is the difference between these two sorts of activity. The OPD model does not eliminate this distinction between people versus task, but it does give it clear and definite focus.

The Three Conversations of Leadership: Management Leadership Training
The Three Conversations of Leadership: Management Leadership Training. Please visit www.ihhp.com for more information.

Emotional Intelligence Training Case Study Medrad
Emotional Intelligence Training: Case Study.

Successful Recruiting System
How do you create a successful recruiting system for your company? Follow these 9 steps to find the right candidate.

What I Learned From Scot Herrick About Communicating ‘Bad News’
Why is it difficult to communicate ‘bad news’? And when I say ‘bad news’ I mean in the context of ‘things not going to plan’.

Managing Performance: How To Conduct A Performance Review Right

One of the most common questions we get asked is: "We need to do annual performance reviews. Do you have a performance review form that we could use?" While admirable that the need to conduct a performance review is recognized, the purpose is often lost in the frenzy of filling out forms, setting up meetings with employees, and sitting through awkward, contrived discussions with them about their performance. The performance review is about managing and improving performance. It should be a motivating, inspiring process conducted not just once a year, but on a regular basis. In this article, we'll discuss how to effectively manage performance and provide tips for how and when to conduct a proper performance review.

Here Is A Quick Way To Improve Your Performance Review
The annual and dreaded performance review. Do you prepare for it? It is a waste of time? It's your personal review...so prepare!

Make the Most of Your Time - Focus on Strengths
Time efficiency and business effectiveness are much better served when we focus our efforts where we are strongest – when we are aligned with our values and skills. And by delegating those parts of our skill-set which less best suited, we get the best of both worlds.

3.6 Securing incomes: Working Out of Poverty

Societies at all levels of development face the challenge of organizing systems to provide security against contingencies such as sickness, accident, death of the main breadwinner, disability, old age, maternity and unemployment that make individuals, families and communities vulnerable to poverty. Through solidarity and fair burden sharing, social security systems contribute to human security, dignity, equity and social justice. They are also a foundation for political inclusion, empowerment and the development of democracy. Half of the world’s population is excluded from any type of social security protection, with the rate of coverage varying from almost 100 per cent in some industrialized countries to less than 10 per cent in the poorest developing countries.

Strategic Advice For Giving Feedback From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach

One of the most critical activities of a coach, mentor, supervisor or anyone that oversees the work of others is to provide feedback to let them know, in a timely and ongoing way, how they are performing. People committed to continuous improvement welcome the opportunity to discuss their strengths and areas for improvement in their performance. Feedback must encourage self-reflection& raise self-awareness. Traditionally, formal feedback is planned as part of a performance appraisal and includes an assessment of how the person is progressing toward meeting his or her goals. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach has some advice for those of you that do performance reviews and also offers ten (10) tips to help you achieve a productive and powerful feedback system with people you coach, mentor and/or supervise.

The Secret Ingredient
Many companies measure their success by revenues, income and other traditional accounting yardsticks. The problem is that the accounting approach measures how you did but not how you should have done.

Increasing Street Cred
Get the most and the most credibility for your products or services with product/capability reviews. Instead of the usual suspects -- print/online media -- consider real people reviews

Why Write Affiliate Marketing Product Reviews?
There is a trick to writing effective affiliate marketing reviews. Before we get to that point we should understand why affiliate marketers write these style of reviews to begin with. Let's analyze the why and how of affiliate marketing reviews.

How To Avoid Negative Online Reviews
The Internet is one of the first places that people turn to for product reviews. As a result, it is imperative that your home business avoids negative online reviews of its products. Here are 6 quick tips to help you avoid getting negative reviews online.


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