Set effective employee performance goals using MBO and continuous feedback. Top HR software includes BambooHR, Paychex Flex, GoCo, and monday.com for tracking.

Once or twice a year, there's a deliverable that presents a challenge to both managers and their employees: performance reviews. While many companies conduct annual reviews, some are adopting a more ...

As an executive, you are not only responsible for meeting your own goals, but for helping your staff meet theirs. While goals can be casual, many prefer to state them formally and work toward them as ...

The prevailing business leadership advice has always assumed that goal setting is a top-down process. During my time at consulting firm Bain & Co., and later as vice president at the large auto-parts ...

The smartest AI tools won’t just automate your goals—they’ll slow you down long enough to set the right ones. Because in performance, reflective design is what turns motion into meaning. In the ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Stephen Nalley Throughout ...

Performance reviews keep changing on paper, but without clear goals, capable managers, and aligned incentives, they are ...

It's easy to become stagnant when it comes to professional growth, but with the right approach, employees can set reachable career goals and excel year-round. Processing Content Fifty percent of ...

Workplace stress is a normal occurrence and, in moderation, it can actually be a good thing. People who feel a healthy amount of stress experience a boost in energy and may be motivated to push ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Positive but unclear feedback leaves employees unsure of how to improve and, ultimately, unfulfilled. Performance reviews shouldn’t ...