The successful company of the future is one that is agile, capable and prepared to implement strategic decisions that promote its core competitiveness. Performance, not control, is the emerging hallmark of successful human resource management. As employee retention and professional development become increasingly important, a strategic performance-based appraisal system encourages all of the members of an organization to work in collaboration, focused as a team on improving organization performance and presence.

This series focuses on performance appraisal, a key strategy used by an increasing number of companies to assist employees and management to focus on three critical components of success: empowerment, performance and purpose. Unlike the traditional annual employee review, performance-based appraisal is a dynamic, on-going process that includes both formal in informal reviews, and strategic planning and actively brings the employee into the appraisal process from the onset. This series will benefit those managers seeking to improve their organization's performance while distributing responsibility and recognition among their employees and staff.