by November 28, 2012
What are your annual, quarterly or monthly reviews based on? Sales
numbers? Goals? Campaigns executed? Leads generated? Probably
something along those lines, right? Well, things might be different
in the near future: employee reviews could be based on
organizational influence. Last spring,...read more
by April 13, 2012
This week I read a few discussion boards that were discussing the
differences between observations and perceptions and it got me
thinking about how these two ideas apply in
the classroom. As a trainer, you are often asked to
provide assessments(your perceptions) of staff’s ability to do
perform....read more
by February 10, 2012
Performance reviews are no fun. Whether they’re annual reviews with
a manager or 360 peer reviews, they’re unwelcome aspects of any
job. Although 360 reviews seem like they would be the perfect
complements to standard annual reviews, they have the potential to
wreak havoc on morale, productivity and...read more
by January 24, 2012
Performance reviews are a necessary evil in the workplace. The good
news is that the one-way, annual performance evaluation where an
employee gets to hear about the all things she did wrong over the
past year, and maybe a few that she did right, isn't the be all and
end all of the review process....read more
by January 23, 2012
In times when every penny counts, there is more demand on training
managers to “prove” that training has paid off. Most
organizations follow Kirkpatrick’s 4 Levels of Evaluation: The
immediate feedback: The smiley sheets at the end of the training
program where participants respond to questions on...read more
by January 5, 2012
Many of us are making resolutions and goals for 2012. Is one
of your new year’s aspirations to move from a Trainer role to
Training Manager role? The rewards of training leadership are
tremendous, but before taking your first leap toward this new path,
make sure you’re doing so with your eyes wide...read more
by April 27, 2011
Online survey tools are excellent for capturing consumer and B2B
marketing data, but the fun begins when we analyze the data. We can
review questions individually or in combination to isolate
patterns.Univariate frequencies look at responses to one question
at a time. The tables below show two...read more
by December 13, 2010
As a freelance writer, I have to work for a lot of different
clients who have a wide variety of needs. So, it occurred to me one
day that I might need to create a survey of my own to send out to
past and present clients. Although I sometimes have editors, I
don't have a supervisor or manager to give...read more
by November 24, 2010
Whether you are part of a big or small company, this is typically
the time of year for performance reviews as the year's events come
to a close. Performance reviews can have a significant impact on an
employee's pay increase as well as on the motivation of the
individual. With that in mind, here are...read more
by July 6, 2010
Performance appraisals give an employee and his/her manager a
chance to take time out from their day, once or twice a year, to go
over the performance of the employee. It's important to take the
time not only because the manager provides important feedback to
the employee but because the employee...read more
