Have you set the stage for high performance in 2012?

The new year is well underway.  It is time to stop planning and start executing.  The question is: Have you set your team up for success?  The January, 2012 edition of viaPeople Insight contains a collection of articles aimed at helping you clarify performance goals and plan your employee performance management process for the year ahead, written by viaPeople's team of industrial organizational psychologists.

In my article, Setting Big Performance Goals in 2012, I describe the positive impact that 'stretch' goals can have on employee engagement, motivation and performance.  Learn to inspire high performance through aggressive performance goals.  Read the article....

Dr. Amanda Seidler shares 5 powerful and practical tips for setting and following through on performance goals in her article, 5 Tips to Realize New Year's Resolutions and Performance Goals. Her thoughts will help you set goals for yourself and your team that will be achieved this year. Read the article....

Lastly, I examine Social Performance Management, the the latest important innovation in the performance appraisal process.  Social Performance Management Goes Mainstream in 2012 discusses how social tools have begun to transform the performance management process in very positive ways.  Learn how your organization can begin to use this new way of thinking to improve the feedback process and increase the accuracy of performance appraisals. Read the article....

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