A New Era of Performance Management

Ann Pace

More organizations are saying good-bye to the outdated performance appraisal system and embracing a new method for managing employee performance: coaching and development. More »

How to Accelerate Innovation

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Marcus Buckingham

This is an excerpt from Buckingham's latest book, StandOut: Find Your Edge, Win at Work, which is available September 13, 2011. We all revere innovation. It is the mystical driver of progress, the secret sauce, the touchstone we reach for whenever our backs are against ... More »

Too Many Soloists; Not Enough Music

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Kevin Oakes

The term talent management is such an enigma. In an industry that consistently reinvents its vocabulary, never before has a human resources term garnered so much attention and yet been so misunderstood and overly hyped. And by some, overly scorned. Ironically, given the... More »

Employee Resource Groups Still Going Strong

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Phaedra Brotherton

Although employee resource groups (ERGs) may have originally formed to provide support and community for employees from minority or other special interest groups, today many are just as focused on helping the company advance the business, according to "ERGs Come of Age,... More »