Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...

Between regular meetings, yearly performance reviews and performance improvement plans, there are a multitude of ways for managers to evaluate employee performance and communicate feedback. What’s ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your workplace questions each week for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of SHRM, the world's largest trade association of human resources professionals, and author ...

Providing constructive feedback for a manager can be intimidating, especially when they are in a position of authority. However, when done tactfully, offering feedback can improve team dynamics, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sho Dewan is a career expert who covers work, top jobs, and business. A new manager can breathe life into a team—or quietly drain ...

Performance reviews can be stressful for both the employee receiving them and managers executing them. Though a little nerve-racking, it is an opportune time to discuss an employee's successes, ...

With the U.S. job market still robust and unemployment low, more companies are moving away from formal annual performance reviews and performance improvement plans (PIPs) in an effort to reduce ...

Providing candid meaningful feedback is vital to sound management. So why is giving feedback such a problem? Why is it so often given badly? I recently did a piece for Forbes, The Real Problem Isn’t ...

If you were to ask your manager for feedback about your job performance, how much effort would they put into giving you an honest, thoughtful, and complete answer? New research suggests that the ...

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