by Ira Wolfe | Feb 17, 2014 | Employee Performance Management
Managers and employees are buzzing about the annual performance review. Unfortunately the anticipation isn’t necessarily positive. Let’s be honest. The review meeting has become little more than a song-and-dance ritual. If it wasn’t for HR’s mandate that every...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 16, 2014 | Employee Performance Management
The termination and subsequent replacement of any employee is painful. And the retention of an under-performing manager, especially a senior manager, is like self-inflicting a wound. There is never a good time and it is always more expensive. Everything we do anymore...
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 | Aug 31, 2012 | DISC, Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
Performance reviews, one of the most disliked managerial responsibilities, are difficult enough to do without personal bias getting in the way. The DISC behavioral profile is an excellent tool to help managers understand how their personal preferences might cloud...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 27, 2012 | Employee Performance Management
5 Things You Need to Know Before Using 360 Degree Evaluation - Part 2 Before deciding to use a 360 evaluation as part of your performance management process or before choosing a 360 provider, I recommend managers and HR follow these 5 steps. Why 360 feedback? Any...