Identifying the Halo/Horns Effect with a Performance Review System
28 January 2016

Identifying the Halo/Horns Effect with a Performance Review System

Most managers like to think they are fair as possible when completing employee performance reviews. Many even spend hours poring over every score on every competency. But despite the attention to detail, it’s common for successful employees to score high in every category and underperformers to receive low scores across the board. It’s caused by…

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How to Disagree with your Manager
29 October 2015

How to Disagree with your Manager

We’ve all been there: Your instinct is to speak up but instead you pause, maybe there’s an uncomfortable shift and you bite your tongue.   Many employees might never think to openly disagree with their boss, but the reality is that good managers don’t make every decision on their own. A recent Deloitte University Press article…

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