Research shows that ‘knowing what’s expected of them’ consistently ranks highly as a motivator in employee surveys. One of the biggest challenges for managers is defining their expectations of behaviours. In this series of articles I’m going to share with you a range of behavioural performance objectives that you can copy, edit, revise, correct and [...]

I’m often asked by managers how they can make their performance review or appraisal meetings more of a two-way discussion, how they can encourage their staff to be more fully part of the meeting.
A start point is to give your staff member time and support in preparing for the meeting. How?
Take a look at this [...]

How often do we stand back and think about the value of applying effective people management practices – especially the value to the business? Take a look at this piece of research:
Proudfoot Consulting’s Productivity Survey for 2007 (PDF, 3.1MB) shows that in the UK 33.3% of the time spent in work is unproductive. Taking into [...]