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  1. Research: Performance Reviews That Actually Motivate Employees

    Nov 7, 2024 · Performance reviews are an important tool to help managers and organizations motivate and engage their workforce. Narrative-based feedback provides employees with more personalized …

  2. Teams That Prioritize Either Learning or Performance Perform Better

    Sep 12, 2025 · Performance management practices and systems often encourage teams to “innovate and deliver,” pushing them toward high standards while asking them to be flexible and experimental. …

  3. How to Conduct a Great Performance Review - Harvard Business Review

    Jul 8, 2022 · The purpose of performance reviews is two-fold: an accurate and actionable evaluation of performance, and then development of that person’s skills in line with job tasks. For recipients ...

  4. The Future of Performance Reviews - Harvard Business Review

    Hated by bosses and subordinates alike, traditional performance appraisals have been abandoned by more than a third of U.S. companies. The annual review’s biggest limitation, the authors argue ...

  5. Research: Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Have to Stress Workers Out

    Oct 17, 2024 · Pay-for-performance (PFP) is considered one of the strongest tools to motivate employees, yet despite its popularity, it can sometimes create stress for workers that results in …

  6. Employee performance management - HBR

    Jan 20, 2026 · Find new ideas and classic advice for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

  7. HBR Guide to Performance Management

    The "HBR Guide to Performance Management" provides a new multi-step, cyclical process to help you keep track of your employees' work, identify where they need to improve, and ensure they're growing …

  8. The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance

    The traditional financial performance measures worked well for the industrial era, but they are out of step with the skills and competencies companies are trying to master today.

  9. KPIs Aren’t Just About Assessing Past Performance

    Sep 23, 2021 · Many companies track KPIs as a way of predicting performance. To really exploit the predictive power of KPIs, though, you need to map how the KPIs for your key stakeholders feed into …

  10. When a Performance Improvement Plan Could Help Your Employee

    Nov 6, 2024 · A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a formal approach to remedy an employee’s performance gaps, including failures to meet specific job goals or behavior-related concerns. The …