by Ira Wolfe | Feb 1, 2012 | Employee Performance Management
A job description is an employee’s blueprint: Providing directions to the employee for his or her journey on how to get from starting a job to promotion, increased compensation and job satisfaction. And that’s just for the employee. ob descriptions are also...
by Ira Wolfe | Jan 21, 2012 | Employee Performance Management
Job descriptions. Employees want them, managers hate them. Job descriptions traditionally have suffered a poor reputation among managers and human resources. In fact, job descriptions often end up being ignored. The general sentiment is that job descriptions are...
by Ira Wolfe | Dec 27, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
Employee engagement of American workers is pathetic. According to recent Gallup Employee Engagement Index survey, seventy-one (71) percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work, meaning they are...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 30, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
Performance appraisals. Other than terminating an employee, is there any managerial or HR task more dreaded than carrying out an employee performance appraisal? Also known as annual performance reviews, performance management systems and performance evaluations, they...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 19, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
Volumes have been written about the importance of employee performance evaluations. Proponents extol their value; skeptics promote their demise. Some talk about designing the employee evaluation form. Others talk about how to conduct the employee appraisal meeting....
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 13, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
Time is money. It is also true that time can save money. An example? Taking the time necessary to prepare for and conduct annual performance reviews can save your organization both time and money. Annual performance reviews, also called performance evaluations or...
