Performance as Narrative

Jul 27, 2024
By Aaron Goldstein, Aaron Schmookler, Jen Lambert

Overview

Performance management is ripe for a re-do.

Managers dread them. Employees hate them. And are they really driving improved performance?

In this session, TERRA’s Chief Strategy Officer, Jen Lambert, will be joined by two HR HotSpot tenured faculty who have a lot to say on this topic.

Aaron Goldstein, top-rated employment law attorney and partner at Dorsey, says that while good performance management is critical, bad performance management is worse than none at all. Performance management needs to demonstrate the employer’s investment in employee success to be effective.

Aaron Schmookler, Culture Engineer and founder of Upworks, first appeared on HR HotSpot over a year ago and advocated for “killing the performance improvement plan (PIP) and the annual review.”

Are we advocating for getting rid of performance management—no! Performance matters. In fact, it matters so much that we believe that most of the current methods and systems of performance management fail to deliver actual improved performance, waste massive amounts of time and, in worst cases, create more liability for organizations.

In this hour-long webcast, we will discuss a new way of approaching the performance management process that leads to better relationships, better performance and actually saves time and reduces headaches for leaders.

About the speaker

Aaron Goldstein

Aaron Goldstein advises businesses and provides litigation expertise on all employment related matters, from trade secret disputes and non-competition agreements to discrimination and harassment claims, under Oregon, Washington, and federal law. Aaron represents clients before the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Washington Human Rights Commission, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Aaron represents companies in a wide variety of industries, including banking, financial services, computer software, semiconductor fabrication, retail, and medical supplies.

Aaron Schmookler

Aaron Schmookler works with business leaders who believe that their people are their greatest asset. As a “Company Culture Engineer,” he supports them to build structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring high-performance culture so their profits and their people thrive.

Jen Lambert

Jenifer is the Chief Strategy Officer of Verstela, one of the fastest growing staffing firms in North America and a recipient of the Best of Staffing award for client satisfaction scores in the top 2% of the U.S. thirteen years running. Jen and her team provide staffing, recruiting and consultation to clients across broad industries and talent categories including manufacturing, distribution/logistics, call center, technology and engineering

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