Performance Reviews Must Die
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- April 2, 2018
Employees despise them. Supervisors dread them. The antiquated and ineffective annual performance review needs to die.
What Every Employee Fears: Failure to Meet Expectations
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- February 19, 2018
I always dreaded getting annual performance reviews, even though they usually went well. This one was different. "I gave you a ‘failure to meet expectations' score because you didn't achieve your objectives for the year," my boss told me. The problem was I had no idea what my objectives were.
The Value of Purpose
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- February 12, 2018
The three components of the Performance Fuel formula — clarity, purpose, and feedback — work together. Purpose is the feeling that what you do matters and will be appreciated. Unfortunately in many organizations today, the value of purpose in our work is often unappreciated.
Kyle Campbell, Owner, Veenhuizen Painting Specialties
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- February 5, 2018
We met with Kyle Campbell, owner of Portland-based Veenhuizen Painting Specialties, and discussed how implementing the CVI helped him make more than ever while working less. "The CVI has been the most important single factor in creating this success."
The Dark Side of Working Hard
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- January 8, 2018
If someone is a hard worker, there is a universal assumption that they can do anything. We belabor the point with our children ad nauseum, "With enough hard work, you can be and do anything you set your mind to." Although with uplifting and encouraging intent, this carries with it the nasty underbelly of hard work that exists despite our unconscious denial.
Layers of Success
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- January 1, 2018
The smart organization uses eRep to build layers of success on top of the raw power of the CVI by putting the right people into the right seats, organizing applicants with our ATS, measuring engagement and happiness, and empowering their rock star staff with the performance formula of clarity, purpose and feedback.
Productivity Comes Second
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- December 4, 2017
It has been said that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. This maxim speaks to the relationship between employee engagement and passion and the productivity that results from it.
For Employee Happiness, Skip the Foosball Table and Espresso Machine
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- November 27, 2017
Skip the foosball table and espresso machine. The best way to improve employee happiness is by putting the right people into the right seats.
The Value of Happiness and How to Measure It
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- November 6, 2017
How close are you to reaching your full potential of happiness, engagement, and fulfillment? The Happiness Index measures and evaluates the effectiveness of life changes or work progress.
Clarity, Purpose and Feedback: The Formula for Performance
- By
- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- October 16, 2017
The eRep Performance Fuel application doesn't just measure performance, it boosts it to new levels. This formula for success takes the foundation of the Core Values Index and rockets the right hire in the right seat concept into new performance territory.
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