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A Dozen Performance Management Best Practices

Article by
Joyce Oliner, president, Oliner Consulting
— Sharon Armstrong, Sharon Armstrong and Associates
— Alice Waagen, president, Workforce Learning

Current best practices of high performance businesses include:

1. Think of Performance Management as an entire system, starting in interviews with potential employees and continuing through orientation, training, coaching and counseling, and recognizing peak performance.

2. Actively seek to align individual goals with corporate goals.

3. Encourage employee participation and ownership in the process. Create an environment where together the manager and employee can question, challenge and discuss goals and objectives to gain clarity.

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FREE GIFT: 100 Best Interview Questions

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How To Master Behavioral Interviews

Properly answering these 100 questions will help job seekers make the final candidate list

A free gift from HR expert Sharon Armstrong

Behavioral Interviewing is a technique used by employers that asserts that the most accurate predictor of future performance is past performance in a similar situation. More and more employers are using this approach to make solid hiring decisions. How can you best present yourself during a behavioral interview — when it really matters? Practice answering the 100 questions on pages 2-5 using the recommended CALL approach and land that next job offer. Download your free gift today!

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FREE REPORT: Benefits of Performance Appraisals

FREE REPORT FROM SHARON ARMSTRONG

Few people love to give performance appraisals, but they do have their benefits. From her book, Stress-Free Performance Appraisals, author Sharon Armstrong offers insights into how these meetings are good for the employee, supervisor, and organization. Get your free report now!

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FREE REPORT: 10 Rating Errors to Avoid

FREE REPORT FROM SHARON ARMSTRONG

What are the key components of the performance process?* From her book, Stress-Free Performance Appraisals, author Sharon Armstrong offers insights into 10 rating errors to avoid. Get your free report now!

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FREE REPORT: Components of the Performance Process and Review

FREE REPORT FROM SHARON ARMSTRONG

What are the key components of the performance process?* From her book, Stress-Free Performance Appraisals, author Sharon Armstrong offers terrific insights and takes managers through a simple 5-step process in this free report!

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IN THE NEWS: "Blog Business World" reviews The Essential Performance Review Handbook

August 27, 2010, Blog Business World — After Blogger Wayne Hurlbert conducted an in-depth Q&A with HR expert Sharon Armstrong, and published the interview on his popular Blog Business World, the article got picked up by dozens of other bloggers this week. “It’s amazing to see the power of the Internet when it comes to spreading the word,” says Armstrong, the author of “The Essential Performance Review Handbook,” which is available on Amazon.com for about $10. Read the entire article on Blog Business World.

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Speaking Engagements

September 9, 2010
Office of Inspector General/OPM: Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success

September 15, 2010
HRA-NCA, Washington, DC: The Essential Performance Review Handbook

September 21, 2010
IPMA-HR Eastern Region Training and Development Conference: Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success

November 11, 2010
Project SAME: Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success

December 2, 2010
Dulles, VA SHRM: The Essential Performance Review Handbook

April 12, 2011
Leesburg, VA SHRM: The Essential Performance Review Handbook

Workshops

September 10, 2010
Thermopylae Sciences & Technology: Behavioral Interviewing

September 22, 2010
National Gallery of Art: Conducting Effective Performance Appraisal Discussions

November 10, 2010
Center for Nonprofit Advancement: Performance Appraisals

November 16, 2010
American Health Care Association: Performance Appraisals

December 3, 2010
City of Alexandria: Behavorial Interviewing

December 9, 2010
Farmington Country Club: Fundamentals of Management: Supervising Up & Down

HR Consultants to the Rescue


ANDRIA CORSO: September Consultant of the Month

ANDRIA CORSO has 16 years experience as a Human Resources leader who works with clients to develop leadership skills and talent strategies that that align with business strategy and drive results. She is an organizational and leadership development coach and Strategic HR consultant with areas of expertise in career and leadership development, talent and succession management, and executive coaching.


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Advice from Barbara & Sharon

Career Corner: What is the best way to explain a gap in your resume?

by Sharon Armstrong
owner, Sharon Armstrong and Associates
author, The Essential HR Handbook
January 2010

In the last issue of Career Corner, I asked for feedback from readers who had questions about any question they had regarding looking for a new job. Among them was “How should one effectively use social media in a job search?”

Here are a few more questions that intrigued me, and hopefully will provide some great insight for job seekers. Please keep them coming!

And this just in: My questions are being published on a new online magazine for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs called Be Inkandescent. Check it out! Who knows — your next question just might be posted on it. Send any career-related to me at Sharon@SharonArmstrongAndAssociates.com.

Question: What is the best way to explain a gap in your resume – meaning if you have been out of work for a period of time, due to whatever reason, how best to illustrate that?