Type Of Performance Appraisals

Managers have for many years been evaluated against standards of personal traits and work characteristic. Typical trait-rating evaluation systems may list ten to fifteen personal characteristics, such as ability to get along with people, leadership, analytical competence and initiative. The list may also include such work-related characteristics as job knowledge; ability to follow through on assignments, production or cost results; or success in seeing that plans are carried out.

Conflict in the Workplace: Doggone Good Tips for Resolution and Relationships

Day-to-day workplace tension and conflict can drain your energy from the work you love and put stress on relationships at both work and home. In this article, you'll learn five effective conflict management tips from a couple of smart New England canines.

Selecting a Mediator: How to Find the Right Professional for a Workplace Dispute

As the use of outsourced dispute resolution grows, it's more critical than ever that organizations know how to select the right mediator for the job. This article provides you with key questions to ask and the kind of information you want to get out of the prospective mediator's answers.

Corporate Performance Management Solutions

The appraisal should measure performance in accomplishing goals, plans and performance, in regards to corporate performance management. No one wants a person in a managerial role who appears to do everything right as a manager but who cannot turn in a good record of profit making, marketing, controllership or whatever the area of responsibility may be. Nor should anyone be satisfied to have a performer in a managerial position who cannot operate effectively as a manager.

How To Write A Performance Appraisal

The appraiser may be any person who observes the employee while performing a job. The appraiser has thorough knowledge about the job content, contents to be appraised, and standards of contents. The appraiser should prepare reports and make judgments without bias. Typical appraisers are supervisors, peers, subordinates, employees themselves, users of service, and consultants.

Make It Count: What You Say and How You Say It

Feedback in business is a collaborative process of two-way communication between management and employees. Too often, input from a manager doesn't come until it's time for a performance evaluation or when a problem has escalated out of control. Providing candid and frequent feedback is a necessary process in one's professional development. You get out of it what you put into it.

Is Vehicle Tracking Economical for Small Fleets

Large fleets of all kinds are nearly always equipped with some sort of tracking equipment, which allows the vehicle owners to conduct operations more efficiently and more effectively. The cost is pretty high, but when that cost is allocated across a large fleet, it becomes economical. But what about small fleets? The high cost of fleet tracking would seem to put it out of reach of most, if not all, small fleet operators. Thanks to new technology and an innovative application of that technology, it is now possible for vehicle tracking to be economical for small fleets, even those as small as one or two vehicles.

The Role Of The Business Storyteller

A major role of senior management is to motivate people to reach certain goals. To do that, they must engage their emotions, and the key to their hearts is story.

Is Telecommuting in Your Future?

With the steady rise in fuel prices here in the United States there has been a dramatic increase in people looking for ways to work from home.

The Twinkie Defense and 3 Other Strategies Lawyers Use - Tips for Coaching Employees

Using the skills, strategies, and smarts of lawyers, you’ll be able to more effectively coach your employees to optimal performance.

Psychological Power

Psychological Power is the ability people have to disguise what they really want from you when they are attempting to persuade or influence you. Psychological Power is based on the ability to alter an individual's perception of reality. This power (like most power) can obviously be used dishonestly. However, it is important to understand the various psychological tactics so that you will have a greater ability to detect people who are being dishonest or devious with you. You will be able to tell the difference between the Psychological Power of the salesman and the Legitimate Power of the Master Persuader.

Reducing Workplace Bad Stress- An Imperative Manager's Role

This article will overview basic concept, sources and ways to reduce work related stress.

Listening Techniques For More Effective Meetings, Part I

Business meetings are often derailed by poor listening and communication. In this two-part article, we discuss the importance of active listening and how this can make meetings more productive.