Setting SMART Objectives for Employees
When it comes time to do that annual or quarterly performance review, you need to apply a set of achievable metrics that truly gauge employee performance.
July 19, 2012
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Category: Staff Management
Using a Balanced Scorecard to Measure Your Key Performance Indicators
To track KPIs, most companies use a Balanced Scorecard. This is a tool that has long been used in strategic business management and is designed to provide a framework to manage resources to achieve strategic objectives
June 19, 2012
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Behavioral Interviews Lead to Better Hiring Decisions
We advocate using a behavioral interview to determine whether a candidate is a good fit. With a behavioral interview, the objective is to assess knowledge, skills, and abilities; the competencies that are reflected from past experience. The idea is that past performance is a good predictor of future performance. Here is a list of sample behavioral interview questions.
May 22, 2012
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Behavioral Assessments Can Alert You about Candidate “Fit”
We find DISC and values a useful combination because it defines responses to various situations, including behavioral communications models, which tend to highlight trends that promote team effectiveness
May 14, 2012
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Screening for Cultural Fit
Cultural fit can cover a variety of characteristics, but ultimately, the question hiring managers should be looking to answer is, does this candidate’s values align with those of the company?
May 7, 2012
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Creating System Benchmarks – Keep the Metrics Simple
When establishing system benchmarks, it’s best to stick to the essentials. Leave room for common sense and avoid the clutter of excess detail about process.
April 23, 2012
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Seven Steps Toward Making a Great Hiring Decision
Only 50 percent of employees hired are considered “good” hires, and every top performer has the same productivity of three average employees. These figures dramatize how important it is to make the right hiring decision.
April 4, 2012
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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.
March 14, 2012
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Accolo CEO Explains How to Turn Your Company into a Hiring Machine at Marin Business Forum Meeting March 22
The highlight of the event will be John Younger, CEO of Accolo, speaking on staffing strategies in a tight economy. The Marin Business Forum event will be help March 22 at 5:00 p.m.
March 7, 2012
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Finding the Right CPA to Meet Your Needs
CPAs come with different specialties and can provide expert advice on a wide range of topics. There are different ways to identify a CPA who is right for your organization:
February 23, 2012
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“How am I Doing, Boss?” – Management Metrics Improve Team Performance
most managers only measure outputs, not inputs, which is like telling a Little League team to score more runs, rather than actually explaining how to swing a bat and make contact with the ball. Similarly, most companies measure traffic, revenue or earnings, without considering how to improve the company at an atomic level: how to make a meeting better, or an engineer more productive.
January 23, 2012
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The Best Employee Incentive is Recognition
Many employees respond best when they feel their company cares about them and their ideas. Unhappy employees are less likely to perform at their best. How do you show you care?
December 19, 2011
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