Putting Management Back Into Performance: A handbook for managers and supervisors

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Most managers are under increasing pressure to achieve higher performance from less resources, in an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable operating environment, through a workforce that is becoming increasingly unmanageable. But with the knowledge and tools to develop your abilities in managing the performance of your staff, you'll improve the performance of your business. Performance management isn't just a once-a-year assessment; an effective manager will incorporate performance review and feedback as part of their day-to-day communications with employees. Setting out seven strategies for how managers and supervisors can be more effective in their performance management roles, James Webb discusses the processes of assigning work, performance planning, employee development, understanding and responding to performance data, and accounting for the "unmanageable" in an open system. These largely business approaches are then balanced by the skills in giving performance feedback, in coaching and in managing difficult performers. Finally, given that performance management systems are a reality of life for many, the author provides practical approaches to meeting the needs of your own system while using the process in a way that is positive for your business and for your people.

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James Webb is a business and organisational consultant and researcher, having previously held senior management positions in the pharmaceutical and communications industries. He has worked in the field of business and personal performance for many years and has written and presented extensively on the subject. James has a particular interest in supporting managers in the practicalities of being more effective.