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Updated on: Mar 2020
Should we kill the performance review system, how to replace?
Performance Appraisal

Should we kill the performance review system, how to replace?

Performance Appraisal time, for anyone, whether a fresher or even one of the most seasoned managers – has always been a time to buckle up a bit; to muster the courage to face the Boss; all the while feeling kind of feverish. After all, it is time to get ‘evaluated’ for one’s performance. It is […]

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Ways to make your team successful
Culture & Behaviour

Ways to make your team successful

For any team to flourish, it requires harmony, companionship, one vision and a great leader who could ensure all of these are available. A successful team is one that efficiently splits tasks and effectively manages time. If your team has some of these traits, you are good to go but if you have them all, […]

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Top 03 Compensation Management Trends 2020
Compensation & Benefits

Top 03 Compensation Management Trends 2020

By- Stephanie Madison. As we look ahead to 2020, compensation management will play as important a role as ever in attracting and retaining the best talent for your organization. This includes not only offering competitive pay but also providing the total rewards options that your workforce wants and expects. While it’s important to always make […]

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How to Attract and Keep the Workforce You Need
Culture & Behaviour

How to Attract and Keep the Workforce You Need

Every organization wants a reputation as a great place to work. In many fields, the workplace has become a candidate’s market where the best people have their pick of jobs. And it’s not enough to attract and hire top people—you have to be able to retain them too. Being known as an organization where the […]

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Employee Performance
Performance Management System

Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Employee Performance

One process which is universally applicable but unanimously disliked is perhaps the performance management process. Everyone might vote for an objective, unbiased and pro-employee process instead of a subjective, bureaucratic, time consuming and templated process. However, not many companies have been able to crack the code. Perhaps it is required that we look at the […]

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Learning at the center of performance reviews
Performance Appraisal

Learning at the center of performance reviews

Performance reviews have always been a crucial way to assess employee’s performance and productivity. It is a key component to measure employee’s performance in an organization. It also helps employees to work in the right direction to achieve goals and therefore facilitates better working relationships. Annual performance review gives you a chance to build a […]

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Enabling Managers to Conduct Performance Appraisals
Performance Appraisal

Enabling Managers to Conduct Performance Appraisals

In years of having led performance management systems, training the managers to conduct effective appraisals have been a constant factor in skill-building or the annual leadership programs. There are number of articles written about what are the best ways of conducting appraisals, most managers know these practices cognitively as well. In this article sharing my […]

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Providing Meaningful Performance Feedback
Performance Appraisal

Providing Meaningful Performance Feedback

When Raj resigned from the position of Area Sales Manager in a large consumer durable company his HR head met him to understand the reasons for his departure and amongst the other reasons, the most important thing that came up during the discussions was that he never got feedback about his performance from his seniors. […]

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Culture of Learning in Today’s World
Learning & Development

Culture of Learning in Today’s World

According to Edgar Schein, culture shapes the behaviors of people in an organization. Learning is both a skill and behaviour and for that to happen in a consistent and effective manner, it is essential that organizations build a culture of learning. Learning in Today’s World With multiple online learning platforms offering learning for no or […]

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Moving Beyond Evaluation in Performance Management
Performance Appraisal

Moving Beyond Evaluation in Performance Management

Performance Appraisal has evolved over time but has retained, so far, its distinctive feature in terms of being evaluative and judgmental. In the final analysis, this has proved to be detrimental to the stated superordinate goal of performance management, which is to improve overall performance. It is worth recapitulating why this happens: It’s past focussed […]

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Focusing on Intangibles to Evolve Workplace Performance
Performance Management System

Focusing on Intangibles to Evolve Workplace Performance

Could you imagine how many reports does it take for your organization to function the way it does today? Recently, we came across one that generates 900 reports. Shocked as we were with that number, upon further investigation we realized that a few years ago, each department and BU was given the mandate to increase […]

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Ways To Make Employee Performance Evaluation Effective
Performance Appraisal

Ways To Make Employee Performance Evaluation Effective

In today’s dynamic business world performance measures and performance evaluation becomes key to the positive growth and profitability of the business and also the growth of the employee. However most organisations face a challenge – as there is a gap in performance evaluation communication and Trust and this leads to employee dissatisfaction and triggers attrition. […]

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