Once or twice a year, there's a deliverable that presents a challenge to both managers and their employees: performance reviews. While many companies conduct annual reviews, some are adopting a more ...

As a business leader, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned is the value of setting clear, objective criteria for employee bonuses. Over the years, I’ve experimented with various bonus ...

Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, clearer goals. These goals guide their behavior towards better workplace output.

In business, goals are more than aspirations. They serve as tools to align employee efforts with broader company objectives. They are specific, measurable, achievable and relevant, giving the company ...

Designing that kind of pause isn’t a delay. It’s a choice. And in a world where performance is measured in speed, it might ...

Yes, it is important to address performance issues and put people on an improvement plan. It is even better to set clear ...

Whether you’ve been in business for two months or 22 years, you probably have goals for your company. These may be sales targets, marketing initiatives or measures to cut business costs. You also ...

The prevailing business leadership advice has always assumed that goal setting is a top-down process. During my time at consulting firm Bain & Co., and later as vice president at the large auto-parts ...

Goals and dreams have crucial differences. Dreams are wishes and fantasies; for example, many of us long to be rich, famous, ...

When Caroline Adams Miller learned about the science of goal setting, her professional and personal life changed forever. It was 2005, and Adams Miller was a student at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Target Setting, Organizational Performance, Performance Contracting, Public Service Delivery, County Government of Kenya ...