In our first article of a three-part series on performance appraisals, we discuss HR’s three wishes  this holiday season when it comes to performance reviews. The second article provides insight and tips to help managers prepare for performance appraisal meetings with employees.

In this final post of the series, we take a look at how employees can take a proactive approach to the performance review process as a way to ensure [...]

One important performance management task that often gets overlooked is the employee self-evaluation. In many companies, performance appraisals are still seen as something that “gets done” to employees or something that employees “undergo”. I think this approach is one of the reasons why employees are often disengaged from the process and why performance appraisals are dreaded.