Getting rid of the middle layer, some say, will help shed operating costs, enable employees to make their own decisions more often, and hence lead to higher productivity and engagement in the workforce. After all, middle managers not only manage other managers (and thereby the workforce), but by doing so they translate corporate strategy into frontline execution. Coaching. Posted by Andrea Derler on March 8, 2018. MORE

Managers and staff in today’s corporate environments often dread annual performance reviews that can be subjective, demeaning, disregarded and excessively time-consuming. Research shows that the performance management process is expected to improve productivity by at least 25 percent. Using a competency framework for each skill and job position can increase productivity even more dramatically. MORE

Sara Van Wagoner, Edcor’s VP of Corporate Growth Strategies answered these questions to explain the services that Edcor provides for its Clients. Edcor, a woman-owned business based in Michigan, is the benchmark in education benefits administration. We help companies link their education benefit programs with their overall corporate strategies. This feeling of vulnerability affects employee performance, turnover rates and business productivity. MORE

Getting rid of the middle layer, some say, will help shed operating costs, enable employees to make their own decisions more often, and hence lead to higher productivity and engagement in the workforce. After all, middle managers not only manage other managers (and thereby the workforce), but by doing so they translate corporate strategy into frontline execution. Coaching. Posted by Andrea Derler on March 8, 2018. MORE

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. The pay for performance process entails linking a company’s compensation process to the individual or team performance by setting, measuring, and rewarding employees appropriately when they achieve the performance benchmarks. MORE

Getting rid of the middle layer, some say, will help shed operating costs, enable employees to make their own decisions more often, and hence lead to higher productivity and engagement in the workforce. After all, middle managers not only manage other managers (and thereby the workforce), but by doing so they translate corporate strategy into frontline execution. Coaching. Posted by Andrea Derler on March 8, 2018. 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. Start benchmarking to generate ideas, compare metrics and adopt best practices. MORE