How to Ensure Strong Employee Performance Management

Much of the information in this topic is adapted from the books Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff.

Sections of This Topic Include

Preparation

A Story "We're Doing Great! How Come We're Not Performing?"

Employee Performance Management Process

Establishing Performance Goals
Developing Performance Plans
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Evaluating Performance (Performance Appraisals)
Rewarding Performance
Addressing Performance Problems
Performance Improvement/Development Plans
Firing Employees

Overviews of Employee Performance Management Programs
Additional Perspectives on Employee Performance Management

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Overviews of Employee Performance Management

The following links provide a broad overview of the employee performance management process.
Performance Plan (repeated from "Basic Overview")
Overview of Employee Performance Management
How to Maximize Your Performance Appraisal Score

Additional Perspectives on Employee Performance Management

List of useful links about employee performance management
Managing Day-to-Day Employee Performance
5 Performance Management Tasks That are Often Overlooked
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Overcoming the Obstacles to "Clutch" Performance
Employee Coaching: 3 Guidelines to Make It Work
Training Every Employee to be CEO
Ten Ways to Help Your Employees Make a Little Magic
Enthusiastic Employees: Do You Have Them?
Can You Fix My Employees With Training?
Performance Management is Not about the Forms

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