Performance Management 2/E

by Robert Bacal

Proven strategies for maximizing employee commitment and performance

As a manager, you know that employee performance is your most important asset—but are you making smart, well-thought-out efforts to leverage it to its fullest?

Manager’s Guide to Performance Management helps you get the most out of your people by focusing on performance planning (instead of appraising), creating a dialog (instead of issuing directives), and solving problems (instead of pointing blame). Learn how to:

Work with employees to create goals that are beneficial to everyone Observe, gather data on, and document performance Conduct performance reviews in a cooperative, collaborative way Address thorny situations proactively and professionally Leverage the powerful but often misunderstood process of “progressive discipline”

Briefcase Books, written specifically for today’s busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:

+ Clear definitions of key terms and concepts
+ Tactics and strategies for managing performance
+ Tips for executing the tactics in the book
+ Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error
+ Warning signs for when things are about to go wrong
+ Examples of successful performance management
+ Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 30, 1998

About the author

I spent far too long in school and higher education, studying various aspects of psychology, education and cognitive science. I finally left the nest, and ended up in Winnipeg, Canada teaching college teachers how to teach, then on to the Government of Manitoba.
About 20 years ago he started his own training and consulting business.
But the more interesting stuff is that in and around 1998, I was approached to write my first book with a major publisher (McGraw-Hill) on performance management.

It must say something for being in the right place at the right time, since what followed were opportunities to write a good many other books, for both McGraw-Hill and Alpha Press (Idiot's Guides).

I've actually lost count of how many books I've written -- it gets complicated when you consider different editions, translations, and books publishers stuck my name on without my actually having to write anything new.

What drives me is the ideas in books, putting things into plain English, and in effect, teaching via the written word.

Eventually, provided I live long enough, and ever get enough money not to worry about money, I'd like to write fiction. Until then I'm still going on the non-fiction stuff.

I love talking to readers, and potential readers, and I love talking about the subjects I've written about, since I don't write books unless I feel driven by my own interests.

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Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rounding up to five. This book had a lot of repetition but maybe it was needed. I believe all those who want to go down the path of management should be required to read this book. The world would be a better place if management applied the advice in this book!

[Robert Bacal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This isn't a review, but does anyone know what language this is in? It looks like Dutch, and I actually wrote the original book but wasn't aware it was in Dutch? German maybe?