Setting employee and team performance goals is an essential responsibility for business owners and managers. However, measuring and improving an employee’s performance can be complex and daunting, ...

Creating an employee council can be a powerful way to strengthen communication and collaboration across an organization. When done well, these councils give employees a meaningful voice in shaping ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Murphy covers leadership, hiring and employee engagement. SMART goals aren’t making your employees better—they’re making them ...

As an executive, you are not only responsible for meeting your own goals, but for helping your staff meet theirs. While goals can be casual, many prefer to state them formally and work toward them as ...

Effectively setting goals isn’t as simple as writing down a target and praying you and your team hit it. It requires accountability, clarity and collaboration. Without accountability, even the best ...

A SMART goal incorporates the criteria below to help focus your efforts, develop reasonable objectives and increase the chances of achieving your overall goals. At the beginning of each performance ...

The June 17 memo from the Office of Personnel Management’s acting Director Charles Ezell, “Performance Management for Federal Employees”, reflects an important development for managing employee ...

Change #1: For FY26-27, there are a few updates to goal setting and performance planning. CU Boulder is committed to fostering the success of all faculty, staff and students. To support this ...