Here’s an open secret of leadership — most leaders hate having performance improvement conversations with their employees. It’s never fun telling someone that their job performance isn’t up to par, ...

A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a tool designed to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address issues with meeting specific job goals ...

Throwing programs at problems is never an effective approach to improving safety. However, knee-jerk reactions to undesirable events or performance are evident in many well-intentioned organizations.