When employees have clearly set goals, their managers can assist them in developing necessary skills and meeting those goals. Clearly set goals help team members to stay focused and committed to achieving the end result. They can also motivate employees to organize their time efficiently to maximize productivity. In this podcast, Associate Dean of SAIS(…)
Becoming a great manager of employees requires managers to expand their focus from “How can I get excellent performance out of my team members?” to “How can I get excellent performance out of my team members while helping them grow?” In this podcast, Senior Director of HR Shared Business Services Wanda Karangelen discusses the importance(…)
Most organizations link performance management to pay. While pay is one of the more common methods of rewarding employees, and while many supervisors would like to be able to give larger increases to their high-performing employees, the fact is that budgets must also be considered. So the question is: how can employees be rewarded during(…)
In the middle of the performance cycle, managers and employees should hold a checkpoint meeting. This is the time for you to make sure you’re on track to meet your goals and receive feedback. Feedback can happen formally or informally, but it’s recommended that you and your manager meet, at least once, about halfway through(…)
Managers are responsible for giving timely performance feedback to employees. These feedback conversations should occur, at the very least, during the annual performance review and even as frequently as on a monthly basis. However, there are multiple reasons managers feel there’s not enough time to fit these conversations into their busy schedules. One way to(…)
Once upon a time, an old Greek philosopher (Heraclitus) said, “The only thing that is constant is change.” Fast-forward to the present age and most people would not only agree with this maxim, they would probably notice that change is happening exponentially in our world. Whether it’s moving to a new city, stepping into a new job, or(…)
There are many factors involved in achieving success at work and in life, but there are two variables that can make or break any endeavor. They are the ability to build and maintain relationships, and teaming. When people are able to build and maintain positive relationships with one another, they’re more likely to form teams that(…)
There’s an old adage that goes, “don’t re-invent the wheel” when it comes to creating new concepts, programs, or projects. Instead, try making something better through innovation! A simple way to define innovation is to think of it as problem solving. Contrary to what many people may think, innovation is different from invention, in that when you(…)
Unfortunately, we’ve all been subjected to a couple (or more) dull, verbose, and graphically painful PowerPoint presentations that would make anyone happily poke her eyes out with a dull pencil instead of sitting through the 100+ slides. Here’s how you can insert audio into your PowerPoint presentation to make things more interesting. (Please note: These instructions are(…)
We could all use a little extra time, right? Here are nine useful tips to help you format your Word documents: To insert a page break, press Ctrl+Enter. To add a row at the end of a table, click on the last table cell and then press Tab. To move a table row up or down, select(…)