Some years ago I was helping a client work out how to deal with a difficult employee. The client was ‘stuck’ on how to get the employee to improve her performance. He claimed he had tried everything. I asked a simple question. “Does the employee know your expectations of her performance?” The reply came, “Well, she …
The thought of the dreaded annual performance review leaves many with cold sweats. There has been much celebration at the news that one of the world’s largest professional services companies, Accenture, will soon stop doing annual performance reviews with its 330,000 employees. Read more here. It is likely that many will follow suit. But before you …