Managers dread giving performance reviews and often don’t like to handle issues about employee behavior. Employees dread getting performance reviews and hate it when their manager disciplines them.

I write to announce the annual call for performance appraisals. Performance appraisals are required annually for all career employees and are an essential component of a successful performance ...

Giving performance feedback is a part of every people leader’s job. And yet, in my work with these leaders and teams, I’ve found that they often have negative mental models of what a feedback ...

The final rule also strikes promotion of diversity and inclusion as a criteria for appraising senior executives.

The days of playing fast and loose with the performance rating system used to measure Senior Executive Service members are over, according to a memo issued Nov. 1 by Office of Personnel Management ...

The clocks just turned back for daylight savings time, and managers can look forward to the upcoming performance appraisal season. Yes, every manager’s least favorite activity: constrained budgets, ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...

Federal workers were fired 'based on your performance' Twelve of the fired workers received good performance appraisals White House says it is removing workers who are not mission-critical Feb 20 ...

Consistency is critical, even when problems at work are extreme. Managers dread giving performance reviews and often don’t like to handle issues about employee behavior. Employees dread getting ...