Could the managers in your organisation use some help in making their performance appraisal meetings more motivational? Do they want to learn how to carry out appraisal meetings that improve their staff’s performance and job satisfaction? Could they use a step-by-step approach they can ‘cut and paste’ and use TODAY to take their next appraisal… Continue Reading
Management Skills: How to Monitor Employee Performance
Could the managers in your organisation use some help in learning how to monitor employee performance? You will know that research tells us that clear objectives with effective measures can improve employee performance by over 30%. You probably also know that monitoring employee performance is the most effective way to measure that performance. But do… Continue Reading
Management Skills: How to Delegate
Do the managers in your business need to learn how to delegate? Do they need a step-by-step guide to effective delegation (and a guide they can read in just 10 minutes!)? If they do, then why not take a look at my new kindle book Learn in Just 10 Minutes … How to Delegate. A… Continue Reading
Managing People: It’s Not About You (Mostly!)
One of the biggest challenges I had when I began my career managing people was controlling my ego. I really struggled with getting to grips with the idea that the whole management role wasn’t all about me; my skills, my attitude, my performance and, most importantly, what my employees thought about me I particularly had… Continue Reading
Scientific Management (what an old model can still teach us today)
What do you think is the objective of management? What do the managers in your business think? What does management contribute to your business or organisation and to your employees? Take a look at this quote: The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum… Continue Reading
Performance Appraisal: Why Do Employees Want So Much Praise?
Do the employees in your business want more praise? Do they complain they don’t get enough praise in their performance appraisals? Why do some employees want so much praise? I’ve just returned from presenting to a conference of Health Practitioners on performance appraisal and giving feedback to improve employee performance. One of the delegates asked… Continue Reading
Performance Appraisal: How to Share (not Give) Performance Feedback
Many managers ask how they can make their performance appraisal meetings ‘more collaborative’ or ‘more of a two way conversation’. One of the most effective ways, in my view, is to ‘share’ rather than ‘give’ performance feedback OK, but what does ‘share’ actually mean here? It means that we approach the performance feedback part of… Continue Reading
Employee Engagement: How to Encourage Innovation
Employee Engagement and Innovation In an excellent report on employee engagement by Engage for Success called ‘Employee Engagement – The Evidence’ (download report HERE) they talk about the connection between employee engagement and innovation. They say Organisations are likely to increase engagement levels and workforce commitment when they actively encourage employees to innovate, improve methods,… Continue Reading
Is Your Performance Feedback More Candied than Candid?
Is the performance feedback given in your business more ’candied’ than ‘candid?’ Some years ago I came to the end of, what I had thought, was a pretty good performance feedback session with one of my staff. I asked the staff member what he had thought of the session. He said It was OK, but… Continue Reading
Improving Employee Performance Feedback
In an excellent piece of research by Leadership IQ ‘Employees Are Desperate for Feedback’ they highlight a significant issue about the quality of performance feedback that employees are getting. They say • 53% of employees who said their boss gave them praise for excellent performance said the feedback did not give them enough useful… Continue Reading