The Office of Management and Budget has reversed a Trump-era management directive and will once again require agencies to develop strategic goals and objectives. OMB’s memorandum to agencies focused ...

Fifty-nine percent of managers and employees see little value in their organization's current performance management processes, a Betterworks survey found. Of the 1,063 managers polled, 62% admitted ...

August 18, 2025 - Employers often encounter significant challenges when addressing the performance of employees particularly when the performance counseling (e.g., a performance discussion and/or ...

The employee performance management process is ready for an overhaul, thanks to the changing needs and requirements of employees, the organizations they work for and the customers they serve. The ...

AI has become so embedded in daily workflows that its use is closer to the rule than the exception. The percentage of U.S. employees who reported using AI at work at least a few times a year increased ...

Imagine a workplace where everyone takes ownership of their actions, meets deadlines consistently, and holds themselves accountable for delivering quality work. Such an environment fosters trust, ...

We’ve known for a long time the best ideas in government performance don’t always start in Washington. They come from state capitols, city halls and county offices, places where leaders are solving ...

Who said that an organization’s main resource and true competitive advantage lies in its employees, their talent or their motivation? After all, maybe your real goal is to empty out your offices, ...

To fix performance management systems, C. Allen Gorman, Ph.D., industrial-organizational psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business, suggests implementing a ...