Recently, I was working with a major software company as a consultant and they were having issues with productivity and employee engagement. Despite their best efforts, they were failing to meet their ...

Hospital and health system leaders have a new resource for finding out where their supply chain program rates on the cost, quality, outcomes (CQO) spectrum. The Hospital Supply Chain Performance ...

Supervisors and managers are expected to set clear standards of acceptable work performance and use timely verbal and, as necessary, written feedback as an initial way to correct unsatisfactory work ...

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, ...

In HR and talent management, Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) have long been the standard approach to addressing performance issues. Ostensibly designed to help employees improve, PIPs often serve ...

The Wall Street Journal recently ran a column entitled “The Most Hated Way of Firing Someone Is More Popular Than Ever. It’s the Age of the PIP,” arguing that using a performance improvement plan (PIP ...

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 ...

If customers are complaining about your business, chances are it's having a negative impact on your profits and could be impacting your company's reputation. Putting a stop to the negative damage of ...

A performance improvement plan, or PIP, is a formal, structured and specific plan that outlines a performance problem and steps for improvement. As a company leader, you can use a PIP to develop an ...