| How to Fire People the Right Way |
| With the economic recovery in question, companies are starting to cut staff again, and employees are more likely to file wrongful termination charges against their former employers. Human resources and legal experts explain how to avoid legal trouble when firing an employee for performance reasons or laying off an employee for financial reasons.
10/30/2011
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| An Objective Method for Evaluating Project Managers' Performance |
| A long-time project manager for EDS outlines a sensible way to evaluate project managers' performance using objective metrics that matter most to the business.
09/22/2008
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| Would You Fire This Person? |
| It's easy to fire an incompetent employee; you know they failed. But what do you do with a high-maintenance problem employee? Read this case study about a real employee, decide if you'd fire him, and then compare your answers to other managers' opinions.
09/11/2008
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| Taming the Abrasive Manager: Words from the Boss Whisperer |
| Bully boss in your office? Here are some tips and advice for senior management.
01/23/2008
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| Survivor: The Organization |
| Does it really help you to vote people off your IT island? Isn’t there a better way to build a staff of top performers than up-or-out? In fact, there is.
02/28/2006
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| Management: Invest in Better Systems for Better Performance |
| If your IT department’s performance isn’t up to snuff, it may be because you spend too much time maintaining and repairing your existing systems, and not enough time investing in new technologies.A global study by Accenture, "IT Investing for High Performance," finds that among top IT organizations, 62 percent have a strategy for pioneering new technologies. In contrast, most average ...
09/30/2005
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| Performance Reviews Matter |
| Companies continue to rely on performance reviews and courses in communication and business principles to identify and develop employees with leadership potential
09/14/2003
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| Big Offices Increase Productivity |
| And other findings from the universe of productivity metrics.
08/31/2003
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| Reality Bytes: Fed Up with Feedback |
| New software promises to automate performance evaluation. And we don’t like it.
10/14/2002
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| Making IT Work: 360 Staff Reviews |
| Doing 360-degree reviews of your IT staff will help manage user expectations.
09/30/2002
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