Learn about the direction performance management is heading and how the most effective trends can help manage your team.

The primary driver of the global employee performance management market is the shift from annual reviews to continuous, analytics-driven performance cycles, as organizations strive for greater agility ...

Employee performance reviews take time and effort — and aren’t always conducted very efficiently. According to surveys, nearly 60% of businesses use basic spreadsheets to track and monitor staff ...

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, ...

Most senior leaders are where they are because they understand that enabling their staff to perform at their best matters much more than anything they can accomplish alone. While all managers engage ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leadership and performance management. When it comes to people practices, the top three metrics all leaders must ...

The Office of Management and Budget has reversed a Trump-era management directive and will once again require agencies to develop strategic goals and objectives. OMB’s memorandum to agencies focused ...

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 ...

Employee data is every detail a company collects about its employees and encompasses both basic and specific information.

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, ...