Setting employee and team performance goals is an essential responsibility for business owners and managers. However, measuring and improving an employee’s performance can be complex and daunting, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about management in its many forms. I recently did a piece on preparing for employee performance reviews (aka, the ...

The ability of small business employees to apply their skills and knowledge toward the accomplishment of business objectives, work effectively with fellow employees and meet customer needs are primary ...

Goal setting is the cornerstone of organizational productivity, performance and success. So, it's paramount to do it properly. However, a common pitfall with goal setting is that it's the same process ...

An important part of performance development is establishing goals for the performance cycle. The purpose of setting these goals is not to detail your daily activities, but to help you define larger ...

Performance management appears to be most effective when it features consistent principles that employees understand, according to an Aug. 21 report from McKinsey & Co. In particular, approaches with ...

Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 38, No. 2 (MARCH 2017), pp. 193-211 (19 pages) In this paper, we experimentally investigate how goal setting and feedback policies affect work performance. In ...

Sean Gardner outlines practical steps for automotive professionals to set and achieve measurable goals, improve work habits, ...