Thought Leadership Articles
Kenexa HR Thought Leadership™ articles are experience-driven pieces that discuss best practices in the Human Capital Management (HCM) space. These articles are written by skilled HR practitioners or technologists who initiate or provide new thinking on a specific component of HR. Kenexa HR Thought Leadership articles discuss strategies on new or existing HR topics and educate readers about future possibilities and considerations on those topics. The overall purpose of these thought leadership articles is to engage readers through original, innovative ideas that are supported by the knowledge and experience of the author.
Making Performance Management Relevant
By Jeff Labrador, Ph.D. and Jeff Weekley, Ph.D., Kenexa
A survey done by the Society for Human Resources Management concluded that more than 90% of performance appraisal systems are a failure. Managers and employees alike typically view the impending review process with dread. For most, it is a painful bureaucratic process that rears its ugly head once a year—and once done, retreats into the human resource (HR) department’s archives until roughly the same time the following year. A few companies, however, have broken this mold and use performance management (PM) as a competitive advantage, one facilitating the execution of their business strategy. What separates the typically unsuccessful PM systems from those that help drive the business?