Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...

The June 17 memo from the Office of Personnel Management’s acting Director Charles Ezell, “Performance Management for Federal Employees”, reflects an important development for managing employee ...

Performance management starts before the employee even reports to work on his first day -- it begins during the recruitment and selection process and continues throughout the employment relationship.

As businesses, policymakers and organizations look to solve grand technological, social, health and economic challenges, they increasingly rely on multiple sources of data, multiple disciplinary ...

Federal agencies almost unanimously warned the Office of Personnel Management that its forthcoming regulatory proposal overhauling federal performance management and instituting limits on how many ...

Old-school performance management doesn't work. The dreaded annual review alienates managers and their reports alike. But companies the world over have discovered the positive changes a new approach ...

I’ve worked in the fields of resilience, performance psychology and leadership science for over 20 years. In that time, my team and I have heard leaders ask one question over and over again. It’s one ...

Why do we spend millions on performance management systems that everyone—managers, employees, and executives—openly admits are broken? The answer is uncomfortable but simple. We’ve designed these ...