Category: Performance

Getting Right with Policies and Procedures

A well-defined set of policies and procedures provide the roadmap your employees need to be independent and effective, so they understand their role in the organization and senior management doesn’t have to closely watch every process.

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Finding the Right Performance Review Tools

Performance reviews can be invaluable for setting criteria for advancement, aiding in salary reviews, assessing capabilities for promotion or transfer, identifying gaps in training or a job description, and identifying where additional resources might be needed.

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Salary Review versus Performance Review

Meeting specific objectives should be required for any position, and fulfilling job requirements is a prerequisite for a salary increase, but any change in salary is also dictated by a number of factors that are unrelated to performance.

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Engage! Employee Development Secrets and Keeping Your Team Motivated

as with any business operation, employee development needs to be approached as a structured system, with objectives clearly established at the outset and measurable results along the way. The larger objective is to improve employee results and performance in a way that promotes professional and personal growth, at the same time it enhances the employee-manager relationship.

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Mastering the Chart of Accounts – Part 2: Balance Sheet Accounts: Assets, Liabilities, and Equity

The balance sheet is typically used to calculate the net worth of the business, and includes liabilities, cash, and equipment. A basic tenet of double-entry bookkeeping is that the total assets (what the company owns) should equal the liabilities plus equity, i.e. the books should balance. Subtracting the liabilities form the assets reveals the net worth of the business.

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