Insights

Brilliant performance management doesn’t just get the basics right, it ensures that bias doesn’t undercut potentially great results! You can help crush bias by recognizing where it lurks in performance management and how to fix it.

There’s no good way to dress up the dreaded middle rating and no way to convince anyone that being “average” is absolutely fine. If you have these conversations coming up, here are a few practical ideas to make them easier and more productive.

Marc Effron, the creator of talent philosophy, describes the purpose, structure and how to successfully implement a talent philosophy in your organization.

As companies worldwide strive to optimize performance management, they often overlook a change that would simplify the process, build trust and increase accountability. They can eliminate the self-review.

The employee self-review continues to exist more due to benign corporate neglect than to conscious inclusion in the assessment process. Its presence can introduce bias, give cover to poor managers and create unrealistic expectations in employees.

Transparency about performance and potential remains an incredibly important topic with our clients around the globe. Yet, we find that the frequency of our client discussions about the topic is not correlated with a meaningful increase in transparency. We provide you with direct advice about how to move towards a more transparent organization.

(This article was originally published in Entrepreneur magazine in 2019)   There’s an insidious set of forces working against your being a high performer. It’s not your jerk of a boss, the local cantina that starts happy hour at 2 p.m. or your inexplicably slow wireless connection. It’s a combination of click-bait misdirection (e.g. The 4 […]

Marc Effron shares his insights from the Harvard Business Review Publishing best-selling book One Page Talent Management. Hear the co-author of the “talent management bible” share his observations and advice on how to implement OPTM in your organization.  Download a PDF of the OPTM Webinar.

Marc Effron shares three powerful areas where your organization should focus in 2021. He provides specific and practical advice about how to build your company’s capabilities, increase performance and make yourself an even more effective leader. Watch this powerful webinar with your team to plan for 2021.  Download a PDF of the 2021 Talent Plan […]

Our field gained traction about ten years ago when most companies were either adding or exploring how to add Talent Management as a function. In the years that have passed we’ve made amazing progress in some areas and shown our weakness in others.