Performance Management Culture

Armstrong on Reinventing Performance Management presents a holistic approach to performance management, drawing on Michael Armstrong's vast research and experience. Most organizations have performance management processes in one form or another, but these are often based on formal annual reviews, forced rankings and directly linked to pay decisions. These traditional approaches are often at the expense of ongoing, continuous feedback and focus on looking back at what has or has not been achieved rather than looking forward.

Improving the performance of your employees involves one of the hardest challenges in the known universe: changing the way they think. In constant demand as a coach, speaker, and consultant to companies around the world, David Rock has proven that the secret to leading people (and living and...

Learn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your business and recovering the money it is already losing: belief. What your people believe about your business will make or break your results. The secret? It is not about working harder, hiring better people, or running another engagement...

Discover how to balance learning and performing to bolster personal and team success with this revolutionary guide from a world-renowned expert on growth mindset. “An essential read for fostering learning, performance, and a growth mindset . . . I wholeheartedly recommend it.”—Carol Dweck...

Discover the key to positive workplaces and better results from one of Britain's most successful leaders. A Waterstones Book of the Month and Paperback of the Year 2025 'Mr Timpson is a role model as an employer. Other businesses could learn from his approach.' The Guardian The Happy Index: a...

Transform unmotivated teams into high-performing units using actionable behavioral science and management strategies. Whether you are navigating the isolation of hybrid work or seeking inspiration during your morning commute, this empowering framework provides the immediate clarity you need...

Transform operational chaos into strategic organizational excellence with a proven system for continuous improvement. Perfect for your morning commute, this empowering business guide tackles the daily frustrations of ad hoc firefighting and workplace silos. Stop treating compliance as an...

Learn how to enhance workforce performance, strengthen workforce retention and better your leadership by cultivating and expanding on your company's culture with The Power of Company Culture. This new edition provides detailed insights on the need for company transparency at work, the importance...

Joe Ferreira specializes in spectacular turnarounds. However, none of Joe’s hard-won personal or professional successes prepared him for becoming the CEO of an organization the same week it was threatened with imminent dissolution by the United States government. Faced with a toxic legacy culture and the worst performance metrics in his industry, Joe drew upon his most momentous personal and professional life experiences. A management memoir, the story of Uncomfortable Inclusion will intrigue, infuriate, and inspire leaders who are eager to turn their organizations into world leaders.

In his work consulting to major corporations for more than 30 years, Gerald Kraines consistently hears that 60-70 percent of business organizations' potential effectiveness goes unrealized. He shares how to engage, align, and develop employees in order to leverage and encourage optimal performance and long-lasting results. 

Leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to overcome the great disconnect between employers and employees by inviting individuals to become part of something bigger than themselves—to belong. Belonging Rules gives leaders the tools, knowledge, and confidence to harness belonging to address the workplace’s most critical challenges.

Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the Hanoi Hilton so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. The authors offer examples from both the POWs’ time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork.

Two experts who have summited the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents—and scaled the highest peaks in corporate sales and business—examine what it takes to achieve success. In making the grueling journey to the top of Mount Everest, Susan Ershler and John Waechter joined the...