[contextly_auto_sidebar id="5zluSizkVqosg2TqtjXl2y5G0tDm6qyX"]The very idea of feedback makes most employees cringe, but it's especially injurious to high-performance workers. In a recent post for Inc., leadership expert Marshall Goldsmith recommends an approach that resounded with me: feedforward. Feedback is inherently focused on the past -- what you did,...
Are you taking the right steps to motivate employee productivity, or are you unwittingly making mistakes that are counterproductive to efficiency? Today's must-reads might surprise you. * How can poor lighting influence productivity? This article introduces the Hawthorne effect and how it could be hurting employee output. [A Successful Woman] * Keeping...
Matthew Swyers wrote an excellent piece for Inc. today about why ultimatums don't work in employer-employee relationships, but all I could think about was how proactive management would eliminate the need for an ultimatum in the first place. Proactive management requires that leaders clearly express expectations -- of an employee's...
Managers and employees alike often dread performance reviews, but when done effectively, they're vital to company growth. Today's must-reads focus on employee feedback methods that make this process valuable for all. * Atlassian, a company I've covered here before, measures staff happiness every day using iPads. [Business Spectator] * Salesforce Rypple is...
Many managers think that fostering internal competition incentivizes employees to continually do their best, but for some workers, this practice can actually hamper productivity. Researchers at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania studied internal competition with several experiments using Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk platform and came up with...
Some 21 million Americans will quit their jobs in the next 12 months, which will cost employers over $2 billion. These are just some of the chilling statistics Cornerstone On Demand and Harris Interactive uncovered in their Employee Performance Management survey. Of the 1,143 employed survey respondents, only 37...
