HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management

by Harvard Business Review

Performance management is changing. Adapt your approach along with it.

For decades, performance management has been seen as an annual chore by managers and HR alike. But this process is changing, and there are ways to make it more effective for your organization and more useful for employees.

If you read nothing else on performance management in your organization, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you assess performance more accurately, have more-effective feedback conversations, and encourage the growth of your employees.

This book will inspire you to:

* Learn where current performance management processes are falling short
* Create sustainable performance across the organization
* Deliver feedback that motivates and develops your team members
* Help your people reach their professional goals
* Identify your role in an employee's poor performance
* Evaluate performance fairly, even in a remote environment

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 4, 2023

Reviews

[BookCupid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Harvard launched a collection of articles on Performance Management. I found many of them to be helpful. Some things struck a chord, but I didn't expect the book to teach me something new with every page. There is something to be appreciated when you read something that reinforces what you've previously learned or experienced. For example, the article on the difference between a manager and a leader, such as looking after your own stature vs looking after your team's development.

I did enjoy the insights about Deloitte. I found their annual review program to be enriching, and would love to one day find a book about deploying something theirs in my organization. Articles that shared data and results is what impacted me the most about this book. People are tired of the rank and yank methods. We are due for a change!

[Trixie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as informative or insightful as On Talent and Reinventing HR.
I only found 3 articles that gave some new insights, the rest were not super helpful

[Ag · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good and accessible collection on performance management. Packed with useful ideas on a variety of aspects of performance management

[Nopadol Rompho · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to know more about performance management from the experts, read this book.