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 ...

A new proposal addresses “inflated” evaluations for federal employees and the failure to “materially differentiate” between performance levels, OPM said.

An Office of Personnel Management proposal to link layoffs to performance ratings was unexpected. If the ratings were valid, it would make sense but ratings have little credibility. Jacque Simon, ...

August 18, 2025 - Employers often encounter significant challenges when addressing the performance of employees particularly when the performance counseling (e.g., a performance discussion and/or ...

Effective performance management no longer stops at reviews, but now encompasses training, development and support for employees at all stages of their careers. By linking "diagnosis" with "treatment, ...

The introduction of new human resources (HR) technology, combined with an evolved understanding of employee performance, has brought on a new wave of performance management for organizations across ...

Companies work hard to attract the right people, and they work equally hard to support those employees’ development and growth within the company. Sometimes employees do not or cannot perform at the ...

While it would be ideal if employee performance was never an issue, understanding the options enables managers to succeed when it is. Our experience advising firms about remote work and human ...

Supervisors must be comfortable handling employee performance and conduct issues in a way that protects the interests of the company and provides options for employee improvement. In addition, ...

The tremendous responsibility for performance management rests with the human resources department yet an effective system benefits the entire organization and its clients. The definition of ...

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 ...