Many employees aspire to advance in their careers. While leaders must encourage employees to pursue their professional objectives, it is also important to align their development goals with the ...

The prevailing business leadership advice has always assumed that goal setting is a top-down process. During my time at consulting firm Bain & Co., and later as vice president at the large auto-parts ...

January is a time for new beginnings and new goals. The truth is goal setting has become a lost art that’s seldom taught at home, in school, or in the workplace. Companies are quick to ask employees ...

Setting clear employee expectations fosters a productive and positive work environment. When managers communicate their expectations effectively, it helps employees understand their roles better and ...

Performance management appears to be most effective when it features consistent principles that employees understand, according to an Aug. 21 report from McKinsey & Co. In particular, approaches with ...

As the new year begins, managers across the industry will be setting new goals for their branch bankers. They'll find more engagement and success if they clearly articulate the thinking behind the ...

You're in a team meeting where the quarterly targets are presented by your manager. Even though you and your team didn't hit targets the previous quarter, it seems that the targets for this quarter ...

Employee engagement leads to higher productivity, superior customer service and better retention rates. Key factors influencing motivation include job satisfaction, recognition, work-life balance and ...

Learn what employee performance measurement tools are, what their benefits are, and some of the top software to use in your ...

Goals are standards that individuals use to evaluate how well they are doing now relative to where they want to end up. Goals basically guide our choices. Once you have a goal, the hard part is ...