Every business with more than one employee tends to have one: A unique thinker, maverick or radical employee. Someone who thinks outside the square, perhaps is constantly full of ideas, or someone who is amazing at finding solutions to problems. The challenge is that...

"You are only as strong as your weakest link". "One bad apple spoils the barrel". If you think about it, there's a lot of sayings about the negative difference one person can make. But is this really true? Can one bad employee wreck a team? Leaders often grapple with...

 Every workplace has encountered an underperforming employee. Whether it's a new hire who isn't living up to expectations, a long-time employee who has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, a negative team member who can't seem to get on board with change, or a...

Many employees complain that their annual performance review is not relevant as their duties and responsibilities have substantially changed since they set their last goals and objectives. This is a real challenge for many businesses. While some jobs stay...

Many managers struggle with the concept of performance appraisals, so in an attempt to solve their concerns, they create a system that puts people in order from the "best" to the "worst". There are lots of creative ways of doing this ranking. They can simply put...