Explore the top performance management trends for 2026, including AI, continuous feedback, hybrid work and employee ...

The recently issued mandate, “Performance Management for Federal Employees,” requires agencies to “provide a firm benchmark towards which employees must aim their performance.” It’s on point but fails ...

Business managers will continue to be challenged by the tight labor market for many years to come, as my previous articles have shown. The three key strategies for dealing with this problem entail ...

What does “good performance” look like when outputs are produced by people working with AI? And how can leaders ensure that speed and efficiency don’t come at the expense of judgment and ...

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 initiated a seismic reconfiguration of how we work, the speed and scale of which far exceeded any historical precedent. Overnight, kitchens became ...

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 ...

Management behaviors and styles have a significant impact on employee performance, engagement, productivity, and retention, especially when navigating change. There is a lot of overlap between people ...

Your employees can have a tremendous impact on your company’s success, but even the most talented team members need effective leadership to do their best work. That’s where people management comes in.