If you ask 100 people about succession planning, you are likely to get 100 different responses about what it actually is and how their organization is handling it. But you will get the majority of the people to agree that it is important, and a growing concern for them. As more and more baby boomers are set to retire, organizations are planning ahead to ensure they have the skills and leadership required in the [...]

If like most companies, you use feedback and ratings from your employee performance appraisals to drive decisions around compensation, promotions and training, then ensuring consistency in your employee reviews is critical. Even if you’re not using performance evaluation data to make these decisions, employees need to perceive a sense of fairness in their reviews. A perceived lack of fairness quickly translates into employee dissatisfaction and disengagement.

But how do you achieve fairness across the [...]

For hospitals and other healthcare facilities that are subject to Joint Commission regulation, on-time completion of performance appraisals is a key priority. Often healthcare organizations struggle with trying to have all appraisals completed at all, let alone on time. Rockford Health System has been able to actually achieve 100% on-time completion of performance evaluations for nearly 3,000 employees, and I wanted to share a bit of their story.

Rockford Health System is the [...]