The performance improvement process is typically appropriate when an employee’s performance does not meet the expectations of the position and should be used in a supportive and constructive manner, ...

Some managers even use AI-powered voice simulations to practice delivering difficult feedback. Rehearsing with a chatbot ...

Doing some tasks outside your specialty improves rather than hurts performance, according to recent research from Leeds' Ethan Poskanzer. Have you ever thought about how to ace your next performance ...

Do you have an underperforming employee who has been falling short of your standards recently? Have they caused a string of performance failures, such as missed deadlines, gotten poor customer ...

A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a tool designed to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address issues with meeting specific job goals ...

A new proposal addresses “inflated” evaluations for federal employees and the failure to “materially differentiate” between performance levels, OPM said.

Are you using the best method to improve the performance of an underperforming employee? Is your framework helping them and your organization stay compliant with current labor laws? It’s a question ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...

In any successful organization, effective performance management is vital. This process includes a variety of actions aimed at ensuring employees are achieving their objectives and contributing to ...

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 ...

Workers who were put on performance-improvement plans described how it affected them. One ex-Google employee said he knew he wouldn't be able to ride out the PIP. A former Amazon employee said they ...