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  1. Research: Performance Reviews That Actually Motivate Employees

    Nov 7, 2024 · Performance reviews are an important tool to help managers and organizations motivate and engage their workforce. Narrative-based feedback provides employees with …

  2. Employee performance management - HBR

    Nov 7, 2014 · Find new ideas and classic advice for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

  3. The Future of Performance Reviews - Harvard Business Review

    Hated by bosses and subordinates alike, traditional performance appraisals have been abandoned by more than a third of U.S. companies. The annual review’s biggest limitation, the …

  4. Why Feedback Can Make Work More Meaningful - Harvard …

    Jan 24, 2025 · Managers have long been told that feedback is critical to organizational success. They attend training after training to learn how to give effective feedback in order to manage …

  5. When a Performance Improvement Plan Could Help Your Employee

    Nov 6, 2024 · A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a formal approach to remedy an employee’s performance gaps, including failures to meet specific job goals or behavior-related …

  6. Teams That Prioritize Either Learning or Performance Perform Better

    Sep 12, 2025 · Performance management practices and systems often encourage teams to “innovate and deliver,” pushing them toward high standards while asking them to be flexible …

  7. Research: Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Have to Stress Workers Out

    Oct 17, 2024 · Pay-for-performance (PFP) is considered one of the strongest tools to motivate employees, yet despite its popularity, it can sometimes create stress for workers that results in …

  8. Creating Sustainable Performance - Harvard Business Review

    Reprint: R1201F What makes for sustainable individual and organizational performance? Employees who are thriving—not just satisfied and productive but also engaged in creating the …

  9. What Makes Some Teams High Performing? - Harvard Business …

    Aug 29, 2023 · Both small-scale studies and large research initiatives show the culture of a team — or the habits and norms of behavior among its members — has a big impact on its …

  10. Reinventing Performance Management - Harvard Business Review

    Like many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees—and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly—was …