Performance management

New and updated

• Performance appraisal policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Can we change workplace behaviour in just 21 days?

  Date:

  23 February 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Encouraging employees to adapt their behaviour so they can progress professionally is a sensitive, challenging task. Dan Hughes from emotional intelligence specialist JCA Global looks at how managers can support changes.

• Boardroom leadership is the key to lower employee stress

  Date:

  2 November 2017

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Evidence shows that leadership style has a major impact on levels of employee stress. Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, an occupational psychologist and CEO of Real World Group, looks at how leaders need to change to boost employee performance and improve mental health at work.

• Performance management

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to include information on trends in performance management.

• The end of the annual appraisal: what's next for performance management?

  Date:

  11 October 2016

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  A growing number of employers are shunning formal annual appraisals in favour of regular dialogue with employees. What is driving this trend and how are managers adapting to how they need to manage performance? Peter Crush investigates.

• Are performance management systems broken?

  Date:

  11 October 2016

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  The traditional "rank and yank" approach to performance management does not apply to the fast-changing environment in which most employers operate, argues Mike Straw, CEO of organisational change consultancy Achieve Breakthrough. But what can organisations do differently so the process is fairer and more collaborative?

• Employers' use of competencies: XpertHR survey 2014

  Date:

  12 May 2014

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Latest research from XpertHR investigates the diverse ways in which competencies - that is, the skills, knowledge and behaviours possessed by employees - may be used to help drive high levels of organisational performance.

• Learning evaluation keeps housing trust's culture change on track

  Date:

  5 September 2012

  Type:

  Case studies

  Housing trust Central & Cecil embarked on an ambitious programme of culture change, with learning and development programmes at its core. Evaluation of learning has been an integral part of the process.

• Giving and receiving feedback

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Line manager briefing looking at how to give and receive feedback, including day-to-day and formal praise and constructive feedback.

• Giving and receiving feedback quiz

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on giving and receiving feedback.