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Better Ways to Conduct Performance Management

by Fredia Woolf | Apr 5, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management

Last week, we looked at some myths about Performance Management that reflected both poor performance and poor management. Today, we will discuss how traditional approaches to Performance Management are not necessarily the best ways to judge employee effectiveness or...

7 Pernicious Myths about Performance Management

by Fredia Woolf | Mar 29, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management

Whether receiving or administering a performance review (a.k.a. the centerpiece of a Performance Management system), such a review is often anticipated and received with as much enthusiasm as an unanesthetized root canal. Those who feel this way are the people who...

Human Resources Maturity and the Three P’s, Part 2

by Joe Brown | Apr 16, 2010 | Advice, Management

In part 1, I outlined a model of human resources maturity among nonprofit organizations based on the clear delineation of position, person and performance. I also examined the first two phases of this maturity including their implications for the design and...

Human Resources Maturity and the Three P’s, Part 1

by Joe Brown | Apr 12, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management

During my years working as a consultant to nonprofits, I have observed three basic phases of organizations’ human resources maturity. This maturity can be defined in terms of how much delineation exists between position, person and performance. Each phase has...

The Power of Why

by Joe Brown | Mar 30, 2010 | Management

“Why?” “Because I said so.” This exchange, perhaps a staple of parent/child relationships, has no place in management. In fact, communicating to employees the why of their work — the context, value and relevance of their work — is...

Do you have a world-class human capital management system?

by Fredia Woolf | Oct 6, 2009 | Recruiters

Perhaps you do not run a huge, sophisticated organization with department heads and divisions for every function. Or perhaps you do. Either way, you can probably do more to get the best from your people, aka human capital, and thus support your Employer Brand. Take...

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