The restaurant business can be fragile. Success depends on word-of-mouth from customers and reviews. If the food is good, prices reasonable, and ambiance inviting, you might have lots of customers but ...

In many organizations, human-resources staff assists supervisors and managers with writing performance-action plans. Performance-action plans -- sometimes referred to as performance-improvement plans, ...

For all the talk about creating better incentive plans for employees, many proposed ideas are still off the mark. One reason is that managers tend to ignore insights from academic research, while ...

I've worked for my company for four and a half years. Every year I've had a Very Good or Excellent performance appraisal. However, I just got put on a Performance Improvement Plan. I was completely ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. You were just told you're being put on a performance-improvement plan at work. It's the end, right?

Success in any area, including performance management depends on designing an effective goal-setting strategy. By developing a clear picture of exactly what you hope to accomplish and determining what ...

Last month, guest columnist Ken Hedlund of Somerset CPAs contributed the first in a two-part series on the topic of compensation plans and how to structure them to incentivize your employees. (To ...

well-crafted performance plan informs employees of the criteria that will be used to evaluate their performance several months into the future. Every employee's performance plan should align with unit ...