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Understanding Stack Ranking: Definition, Pitfalls, and Best Practices

Stack ranking is a performance evaluation method that measures employees against one another and forces them into categories of top, middle, and bottom performance.
Positives of stack ranking include that it celebrates high-performers and reduces potential bias. Potential downfalls of stack ranking include unhealthy competition, an absence of core values assessment, it can create an anxious workplace, there is often a lack of consideration of additional performance factors, and it can lead to high turnover costs.
Best practices include transparency and fairness, clear performance expectations, and communication.

360 Reviews: Pros and Cons

The 360 review process evokes mixed feelings given that recipients are opening themselves to feedback from peers, managers, direct reports, and external clients.

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HR Spotlight- Peoples State Bank

Peoples State Bank used WorkDove to create cultural change through the Ideal Team Player method. Learn the WorkDove apps they used to succeed!

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How To Use Goals, KPIs, and OKRs With Examples

Tracking tangible business efforts is crucial for achieving overall business success. Goals, KPIs, and OKRs are three major tracking methods that can be used in isolation or in tandem. Best practices for embracing goals, KPIs, and OKRs include tracking metrics at every organizational level, partnering with a reliable goals software, and including goals in performance reviews and one-on-ones.

Company Culture: What It Is And How To Improve It

Company Culture: What It Is And How To Improve It

Though the hard and fast definition of company culture has many variations, common threads are woven among them all. At its foundation, company culture is a set of shared values and behaviors that determine employee workplace interactions.

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