Originally published Jan 31, 2021. Updated with new information. Over the past four decades, OpenGov has worked with dozens of municipal governments across the United States, often focusing on setting ...

Performance management is an ongoing process that helps organisations to align employee goals with broader organisational objectives. It involves setting expectations, providing regular feedback, ...

The Merit Systems Protection Board offered advice Wednesday on how best to improve employees’ performance, encouraging managers to provide “continuous” feedback and discouraging micromanagement. In a ...

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 ...

Imagine a workplace where everyone takes ownership of their actions, meets deadlines consistently, and holds themselves accountable for delivering quality work. Such an environment fosters trust, ...

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 ...

Fifty-nine percent of managers and employees see little value in their organization's current performance management processes, a Betterworks survey found. Of the 1,063 managers polled, 62% admitted ...

Experts make HR predictions for 2025 and forecast that many outdated workplace policies will be axed and become memories of the past. A recent Betterworks survey found that nearly seven in 10 ...

Companies that have structured management practices are more productive. That's according to new research from Cornell University and the University of Georgia. Structured management includes standard ...