Performance reviews are a cornerstone of effective team management, offering an opportunity to provide constructive feedback, recognize achievements, and establish goals for the future. Well-crafted ...

Performance reviews can be stressful for both the employee receiving them and managers executing them. Though a little nerve-racking, it is an opportune time to discuss an employee's successes, ...

Conducting effective performance reviews is a critical skill for leaders at all levels, especially in high-stakes environments where career progression and salaries of $100,000 or more are common.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Murphy covers leadership, hiring and employee engagement. Annual performance reviews are infamous for their inefficiency and ...

As the year wraps up, you might be feeling a bit anxious about your upcoming employee performance reviews. These evaluations can feel unproductive and tedious, and they can even increase employee ...

When it comes to performance reviews, it may be time to scrap the numbers, new research finds. Cornell University researchers discovered that narrative-only feedback is considered the fairest by ...

Performance review season can be nerve-wracking, but there are several ways employees can set themselves up for success. The best thing employees can do for themselves is to practice "emotional ...

Managers often use performance reviews to mold and shape employee behaviors and results. They trust that formally telling high performers what they’re doing wrong one to two times a year will lead to ...

Shifting from numerical to narrative-based performance reviews can significantly impact employees' perceptions of fairness and their likelihood of improving performance based on the feedback, ...