70+ free employee performance review templates – Word, PDF, & Excel
Reading Time: 12 minutesPerformance reviews often feel daunting to both managers and employees. Sometimes it’s even hard to know where to start. The key is to understand that there’s not just one right way to hold performance reviews (although there are plenty of wrong ones). Rather, you should tailor your review to your company’s structure and culture. To […]
How To Give Feedback To Your Boss Without Getting Fired
Reading Time: 6 minutesManagers the world over are fond of saying that they welcome constructive feedback from their teams. Meanwhile, employees the world over are fond of pretending to agree, while privately thinking they’d rather poke a dragon in the eye than criticize their boss. But sometimes, you just have to speak up. If your supervisor is engaging […]
How to Schedule One-on-Ones for Maximum Impact
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn one-on-ones, as in the rest of life, timing is everything. If you meet the right person at the wrong time in their life, your relationship might never get off the ground. If you schedule a concert at the same time as the Super Bowl, no one will come. And as a manager, even if […]
Announcing a New Podcast from Uptick
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re excited to announce the official launch of Uptick’s podcast, Let’s Talk Teams. Let’s Talk Teams is a weekly podcast hosted by Uptick Co-founders Chris Zaugg and Michael Probert inviting listeners to take a peek behind the curtain at the conversations being had — and lessons being learned — as the Uptick team continues to […]
Performance Review Tips for Managers Who Hate Reviews
Reading Time: 6 minutesHi there, beleaguered manager! Presumably, you’re here because it’s time to write performance assessments for your team, and you’re feeling a bit stuck. Well relax, because we’re here to help with our handy dandy performance review tips for managers! Maybe you’re struggling with how to deliver critical feedback without hurting anyone’s feelings. Maybe you want […]
How Managers Can Take the Dread Out of Year-End Reviews
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor most managers and employees, year-end performance reviews are like going to the dentist—if your dentist also hated the experience of looking inside people’s mouths. A CEB study on the subject confirmed that nearly everyone is unhappy with our current method of evaluating performance. In it, 95% of managers said they were dissatisfied with their […]
A Free Employee Self-Evaluation Form (and How to Use it)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe self-evaluation form is arguably the most unfairly hated part of the employee review process. The premise of asking team members to report on their professional performance is pretty straightforward, but nevertheless, people tie themselves in mental knots over what they’re supposed to say. The problem with self-evaluations is that, on a personal level, they […]
A One-on-One Template For Switching Your Team to Remote Work
Reading Time: 5 minutesAround the world, offices are silent and empty, and employees are working from home in an attempt to combat the coronavirus. Though the shift to remote work predates the crisis, it has profound implications on how managers lead their teams that will continue long after self-isolation is over. If you’re exploring remote work for the […]
The 16 Best Management Podcasts of 2020
Reading Time: 9 minutesThink of a topic, any topic, and there’s probably a podcast about it, and management is no exception. In fact, there are more management podcasts than one person could listen to in a lifetime. So we’re helping narrow it down with 16 of the best management podcasts out there today. Aside from being a fun […]
What Jeff Bezos Can Teach Us About How to Manage a Team
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou may have heard of Jeff Bezos. The world’s richest person is responsible for building a company that never stops growing, and whose influence has reshaped entire industries. But, of course, Bezos himself is not single-handedly responsible for every game-changing idea Amazon has. Because more than just being an innovator, Bezos is an incredible manager, […]