TY - BOOK AU - Luecke,Richard AU - Hall,Brian J. ED - Harvard Business School. TI - Performance management: measure and improve the effectiveness of your employees SN - 1591398428 (alk. paper) AV - HF5549 .P4175 2006 U1 - 658.3/125 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Harvard Business School Press KW - Personnel management KW - Performance standards N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index; Goals: guides to action -- Motivation: the not-so-secret ingredient of high performance -- Monitoring performance: looking for what's going wrong and right -- Closing gaps and improving performance : the basics of coaching -- Becoming a better coach : beyond the basics -- Formal performance appraisal: improving results through feedback -- Employee development: helping people grow in their careers -- Intractable performance problems: face them head-on -- Epilogue: what leaders must do -- Appendix A: Useful implementation tools -- Appendix B: Handling a dismissal N2 - The New Manager's Guide and Mentor The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Whether you are a new manager seeking to expand your skills or a seasoned professional looking to broaden your knowledge base, these solution-oriented books put reliable answers at your fingertips. Today's competitive workplace demands that managers evaluate employee performance, and provide coaching. This book will help managers prepare for a formal performance meeting with a direct report, and create a development plan to increase employee productivity UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006006678.html ER -