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How to Eliminate Performance Reviews

Leadership Freak

Traditional performance reviews are like the Easter Bunny. Distraction: Traditional performance reviews distract HR and management from more useful tasks like real human development and culture building. They don’t really deliver. Quality expert W. […].

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Replacing the Performance Review

Great Leadership By Dan

Tim Baker There is considerable and contestable debate in blogosphere and elsewhere about the viability of the performance review. Another group thinks that with some modifications, the performance review will be fine. The End’ for the traditional performance review but just the beginning for a groundbreaking new model.”.

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How to Make Your Performance Review Process Suck Less

Next Level Blog

This is the time of year when a lot of the leaders I work with are buckling down to write up annual performance reviews for the people on their team. This is a process that almost no one enjoys – neither the reviewer or the reviewee. Seriously, do you know anyone in any role who looks forward to an annual performance review?

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Choose the Right Employee Evaluation Phrases in Your Performance Reviews

HR Digest

For anyone in a managerial role, writing employee evaluations becomes a repetitive task and there are only so many times they can write “good performer” and “team player” without running out of useful employee evaluation phrases. According to an SHRM article, managers spend an average of 210 hours a year on performance management activities.

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The Essential Performance Review Handbook

Kevin Eikenberry

By Sharon Armstrong Most all managers and leaders do performance reviews, and most don’t look forward to them. Books Developing Others Leadership Learning coaching performance reviews' Books Developing Others Leadership Learning coaching performance reviews'

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Performance review phrases to improve excellence at work

HR Digest

As a boss, manager, or supervisor, your comments do matter. That’s why giving encouraging and success-driven performance review phrases is very important. . Many companies give overall performance review phrases at the year-end, monthly, or weekly depending on what works best for them. What is a performance review?

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How to Be an Unpredictable Manager Who Energizes the Team.

Rich Gee Group

Over 20 years ago, I had a manager whose presence was an instant energy booster. Sometimes, he'd spontaneously invite us to sit in on a meeting with upper management, giving us a glimpse into high-level decision-making. Traditional management theory often centers around stability, predictability, and standardization.

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