by Ira Wolfe | Feb 15, 2014 | Employee Performance Management, Leadership
It’s well documented that a manager has more impact upon the retention of an employee than any other individual or any benefits has within an organization. In fact, survey after survey confirms that employees leave more jobs due to the ineffectiveness of a...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 12, 2014 | Employee Performance Management
Former employees give a lot of reasons for quitting. Unfortunately one thing nearly always stands out: a poor relationship with his or her immediate supervisor. Frontline supervisors, often chosen for their productivity or longevity rather than management skills, lack...
by Ira Wolfe | Dec 8, 2013 | Employee Performance Management
The Dual Scale performance appraisal is rarely used but offers a significant improvement to single scale employee evaluation. Single-Scale performance appraisals can lead to misinterpretation of feedback to employees. They offer a look at one “gap.” For example,...
by Ira Wolfe | May 22, 2013 | Employment Testing, Leadership
Passion, confidence, ambition, creativity, focus – these are all highly desirable attributes of any successful leader. But like almost every quality that people possess, when overextended our strengths can become weaknesses. And with just a glance through Wall...
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 18, 2012 | Leadership
By Ken Blanchard and Drea Zigarmi You may think of the words “manager” and “leader” as two concepts representing opposite ends of a continuum. The term manager typifies the more structured, controlled, analytical, orderly, and rule-oriented end of the continuum. The...
