You may have heard about Microsoft abandoning its controversial “stack ranking” method of evaluating employees. It forced managers to stack employees in terms of “high,” “middle” and “low” performers during annual reviews. Around the same time, Yahoo made news for adopting ranking employees on a curve.All Performance Management Read the complete article
Read More »It’s Not Hard: How to Design a Perfect Performance Management Process
Here’s how to design the perfect performance management process. It isn’t a trick. Really. OK, well “perfect” may be a bit strong, but it is possible to design a performance management … Performance Management Read the complete article
Read More »Why the use of social networks in HR analytics is very promising
Introduction The ideas of social network learning have been widely and successfully used in customer churn prediction models in the Telco sector. The idea here is to predict customer churn not sol… HR and Social Media Read the complete article
Read More »The Myth Of The Bell Curve: Look For The Hyper-Performers
There is a long standing belief in business that people performance follows the Bell Curve (also called the Normal Distribution). This belief has been embedded in many business practices: performance appraisals, compensation models, and even how we get graded in school. (Remember “grading by the curve?”) Research shows that this statistical model, while easy to […] Performance Management Read the …
Read More »13 Ways HR Can Leverage Social Media, Part 1 |
Learning to use social media in HR will help boost your brand in mutliple ways. Learn the first 7 of 13 in this two part series. HR and Social Media Read the complete article
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Read More »Cracking the Code on Social Impact (SSIR)
An emerging measurement approach emphasizes the value in standardizing outcomes for the whole social sector. Non-Governmental Organizations Read the complete article
Read More »The New Nonprofit IPO (SSIR)
A unique funding model goes beyond donations and offers funders a tangible stake in organizations they support. Non-Governmental Organizations Read the complete article
Read More »Learning Technologies 2014: Eight key trends for learning and development | Personnel Today
Anyone attending last week’s Learning Technologies exhibition will have been encouraged by the buzz surrounding the event. Martin Couzins returns from Lond Learning and Development Read the complete article
Read More »Why Do Nonprofit Leaders Get in Their Own Way? | Nell Edgington
Once you have the courage to admit (to your board, to your donors, to your staff) that you don’t know how to do everything, you just might finally get the help you so desperately need…. Non-Governmental Organizations Read the complete article
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