Middle management seems to be going out of fashion in many businesses. As organizations become flatter and senior executives want to be more involved in daily business operations, middle management is sometimes thought of as an inconvenience. While at first glance cutting out the middleman or woman may seem like the smart thing to do, a closer examination reveals middle management remains critical to organizational success. Team management. Performance management. MORE

The power of a modern performance management system comes from aligning technology, human resources and the company’s top C-suite executives in efforts to ensure that the system works as intended. Managers and staff in today’s corporate environments often dread annual performance reviews that can be subjective, demeaning, disregarded and excessively time-consuming. You can recruit staff, cross-train them and evaluate their performances more effectively. MORE

Middle management seems to be going out of fashion in many businesses. As organizations become flatter and senior executives want to be more involved in daily business operations, middle management is sometimes thought of as an inconvenience. While at first glance cutting out the middleman or woman may seem like the smart thing to do, a closer examination reveals middle management remains critical to organizational success. Team management. Performance management. MORE

The secret behind an organisation achieving a greater level of success is its robust performance management. The key to your organisation outperforming your competitors is to improve the morale of your employees, increase their overall productivity, and create a sense of loyalty amongst them through performance management. There are multiple ways to create a strong performance management process. Leadership Performance MORE

Middle management seems to be going out of fashion in many businesses. As organizations become flatter and senior executives want to be more involved in daily business operations, middle management is sometimes thought of as an inconvenience. While at first glance cutting out the middleman or woman may seem like the smart thing to do, a closer examination reveals middle management remains critical to organizational success. Team management. Performance management. MORE

They all eliminated their annual performance review practices. In fact, six percent of Fortune 500 companies have already put a stop to their rate-centric performance management culture. The reason is simple: some say that if performance reviews were a drug, they would never pass the Food and Drug Administration given their wide range of vile side effects. And HR managers? Allocated bonuses based on team performance. MORE

Topics discussed: Empowering managers – implementing a global system by leveraging technology. to empower managers more effectively. Global benchmark trends within HCM. Steven Smith , University Corporate Vice President, Capgemini , and Dr. Regis P. Topics discussed included: Business transformation – turning their corporate university into a weapon to drive greater alignment and acceleration of their corporate strategy and market ambition. MORE

Learning doesn’t drive the corporate strategy, it aligns with the strategy,” Martha Soehren said. For that to be the case, examine the implementation of current learning programs and business goals to aid in the production of an aligned strategy. We want supervisors to spend the majority of their time coaching their team members. It also ties into their annual performance appraisals. Learning has a direct impact on the business. MORE