People love rhythm in the midst of change and chaos. Let’s face it: most of us are paddling as hard as possible to keep up with all of the internal and external demands of business. Creating a simple feedback rhythm with our people can make all of the difference in gaining credibility as their leader, and it doesn’t need to take a lot of time. First, we must change our mindset so the rhythm can flow in a new open space for feedback.
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Tips to Help Managers Get into the Groove & Create Rhythm for Effective Performance Planning
Posted in Performance Planning on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How to Get Managers to Commit to Strategic Performance Management
Posted in Performance Planning on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A successful performance management strategy requires keeping credibility and accountability at the forefront, and in our experience the most effective approach to strategic performance management is multi-faceted.
It’s time for a shift in mindset: think “performance planning”
Posted in Performance Planning on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Performance reviews should be positively oriented toward achieving future goals and success. At Insight, we believe that two-thirds of a traditional “performance review” should focus on an employee’s future and only one-third should evaluate his past. In fact, that’s why we designed BLOOM® to include so many features that promote employee growth and improvement and why we prefer the term “performance planning.” [More...]
Use index tools to guide the employee development process
Posted in Performance Planning, Strategic Alignment on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Teddy Roosevelt once said that “the best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” When you’re running a business, you need to be sure that the members of your team are [...]
Need to know! Characteristics of successful teams
Posted in Leadership, Performance Planning on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Note: We have adapted portions of this post from P. Scholtes, B. Joiner, and B. Streibel, 2003, The Team Handbook, Oriel, Madison, WI. “Team” is a term that means something in the world of athletics, and it’s come to mean something in business, too. “Team” as it relates to sports is easy enough to understand; [...]
Ready, set, go! An introduction to job matching
Posted in Performance Planning, Strategic Alignment, Talent Mangement on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of our latest blog posts highlighted the inevitable success that results when you align the right people with the right strategy. We believe that by understanding that each person has a distinct talent you will frame how they will approach their interests and their work. We also believe that the greater a person’s ability [...]
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