In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a tool designed to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address issues with meeting specific job goals ...

Rule No. 1: Always respond to your manager’s performance review plan like it’s a love letter, even when it reads like a threat wrapped in bullet point. Your carefully drafted PIP arrived in my inbox.

Performance reviews are a cornerstone of effective team management, offering an opportunity to provide constructive feedback, recognize achievements, and establish goals for the future. Well-crafted ...

Organizations typically conduct performance reviews at least once a year, and rare is the individual who truly enjoys performance reviews. Most managers find it unpleasant to deliver negative feedback ...

Mercy Corps’ Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) minimum standards state that all programs must conduct an Internal Performance Review (IPR) at the end of the program; this is the “Final” ...

It’s performance review season, and you know what that means—stress, anxiety and an awkward conversation with your manager. One reason people dread performance evaluations is that they often appear ...