(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad , a global leader in Talent Activation. Feedback is about performance. The reason people give feedback is to either ask someone to improve their performance or to tell them “keep doing what you’re doing”. The better the quality of input; the better the resulting performance. Organizational performance is driven by employees. HR plays a central role in the success of each phase. MORE

New employee onboarding is the process of getting new hires adjusted to the social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly. In Fortune 500 companies, it has been estimated that 500,000 new managers transition into new roles or companies each year. Managers begin new jobs every 2 to 4 years on average. Managing people in today’s working environment requires agility, accuracy and visibility. SilkRoad. Paycor Perform. MORE

Performance Tracking Tools. It helps organizations establish employee performance standards and enables managers to evaluate employees’ job performance in relation to these standards. Performance management systems are used to manage employee progress, performance, and development in relation to organizational goals. Allow users to evaluate employee performance in relation to overarching company goals. Performance Pro. MORE

The HR Daily Advisor research team conducted the 2016 Talent and Performance Management Survey in January, 2016. Talent and performance management are some of the most important and rigorous tasks any HR professional has to deal with. We asked participants everything from how they identify high-performing employees to how they reward those employees to what survey participants think about performance appraisals in general. Managing Shortages. MORE

On our thought leadership track at SilkRoad Connections , Aptitude Research Partners co-founder and CEO Mollie Lombardi described a culture of performance as a set of behaviors that are rewarded or discouraged by the people, processes, and systems within an organization. To create and foster a performance culture, Lombardi suggested focusing on the following conditions for success. Coaching. What does having a performance culture mean to you? MORE

One of the most important responsibilities we give to managers is employee performance. Organizations ask managers to set performance standards, communicate those standards, and train employees to deliver. Creating high performance isn’t a goal; it’s a key component of a manager’s job. We talk about “Managers need to do this…” or “Managers must do that…” Truth is, managers need to focus on creating the conditions for high performance. MORE

New employee onboarding is the process of getting new hires adjusted to the social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly. In Fortune 500 companies, it has been estimated that 500,000 new managers transition into new roles or companies each year. Managers begin new jobs every 2 to 4 years on average. Managing people in today’s working environment requires agility, accuracy and visibility. SilkRoad. Paycor Perform. MORE