Articles By Bill Coleman

• Peak Performance: Your Goals and Objectives

  If you help set your own goals, the chance of your meeting them will be higher. Think carefully about what you can realistically do to achieve your targets. Read more...

• Peak Performance: Your Employee Records

  Your employee file protects you as well since it can prevent unfair assessments and ratings in future performance reviews. It is difficult for an employer to fire an employee for cause if there is nothing in the employee's permanent record … Read more...

• Peak Performance: Your Salary Review

  Your employer also researches salaries, and is likely to have access to many sources that are difficult for individuals to come by. If you and your employer begin a dialog about data sources, you may be well on your way to a win-win … Read more...

• Peak Performance: Your Performance Review

  Your performance review is a good occasion to discuss changes to your job description. Updating your job description can ensure that you are evaluated fairly and your performance is measured accordingly. Sometimes, the revisions may point … Read more...

• Peak Performance: Your Self-Appraisal

  Even if your organization does not require a formal self-appraisal, it is to your advantage to complete a self-test, since the performance review process is so closely related to your career advancement. Read more...

• Peak Performance: Your Performance Standards

  When preparing for your review, see how well your accomplishments relate to the performance standards set for you. For example, if your company emphasizes teamwork, cite instances in which you have worked effectively to mobilize coworkers … Read more...

• Peak Performance: Your Job Description

  Job descriptions play a vital role in your compensation, because employers decide what to pay people based on the value of specific skills. Add up the responsibilities in your job description, and you should get the totality of your … Read more...

• Peak Performance: Company Objectives and Performance Standards

  Usually, corporate objectives are set by the executive committee and include overall goals for quality, customer service, finance, and teamwork. These four objectives are then translated into functional objectives that serve as guidelines … Read more...

• Compensation Surveys

  Paying people fairly is good for business. Underpay, and employees will eventually look for a better offer. Overpay, and the payroll budget and profitability will suffer. That's why companies use market data to research the value of their … Read more...

• Responding to Online Salary Data

  Salary.com estimates that at least one employee in ten has viewed compensation information on the Internet within the last year. That number is expected to grow, as salary sites have become a routine component of both the job search and the … Read more...

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