One truth about employee evaluations is that employees and leaders alike tend to hate them. For employees, the process can be fraught with anxiety, confusion, and self-doubt. For leaders, both at ...

Over the course of the last century, managers and supervisors have been given the arduous task by HR departments to complete those ever-annoying documents called performance reviews. Employees dread ...

Employee-driven changes have defined the contours of the post-pandemic workplace ecosystem. Workforces worldwide have unequivocally set the agenda, resulting in trends like the Great Resignation, the ...

This is part one of a two-part series on the evolution of the employee evaluation process. I learned something interesting at a recent NationaLease meeting: Performance appraisals can be traced back ...

Performance reviews can be agony for managers and subordinates alike. Managers dread them, fearing challenges and damaged work relationships--never mind the lost hours filling out forms. Subordinates ...

As the leaves begin to fall and the season changes, it’s a reminder that this challenging, disruptive and unprecedented year is already coming to a close. It also means that leaders will be assessing ...

Two years, nine months, twelve days, and six hours. That's how long it took between the time I was hired and my first "annual" appraisal. I remember it because HR sent me notices every month reminding ...

Dear Dave: Where I work in Rochester, managers are 'forced' to give employee performance reviews. My manager came right out and said she didn't like doing them and thought they were a waste of time. I ...