How to Hold a Better Performance Improvement Conversation
Has this ever happened to you? You sit down for an earnest performance improvement conversation. Your employee listens intently. She thanks you for the feedback, and promises to try harder. Things improve for a minute. But a week later, they’re back to all the...
How to Manage a Strong, Arrogant, Slightly Obnoxious High-Performer
Is Your High-Performer Dragging Down the Team? When it comes to results—no one can touch him. There’s just one problem. He’s a jerk. How do you manage a strong, arrogant, slightly obnoxious high-performer? A Profile of a Slighty Obnoxious High Performer...
Avoid These Infuriating Phrases in End-of-Year Feedback
Infuriating phrases in end-of-year feedback discussions For most managers, the only thing they dread more than going to their own end-of-year performance appraisal is holding end-of-year feedback discussions with their team. Why? Because the performance appraisal...
