Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Starting at the highest levels, every company strives to set goals, whether yearly, quarterly or monthly. But goals shouldn’t stop at the ...

COMMENTARY--Goal cascading is an increasingly popular concept in business today--and one that is fundamentally flawed. Think about what cascading implies: a waterfall, a one-way, irreversible flow ...

Howard Risher is a private consultant who specializes in pay and performance. The April 4 FCW.com article “How to link employee performance to organizational goals,” by Michael Hardy, discusses an ...

Once or twice a year, there's a deliverable that presents a challenge to both managers and their employees: performance reviews. While many companies conduct annual reviews, some are adopting a more ...

Satish Gupta says it all startswith communication. Your company goals, thebasis for your culture and corevalues, the wide-ranging, big-picture concepts that form thetemplate for your ...

L-R: Zane Stevens, Rachel Namoff, Tom Wilmanns, William Miller, Mackenzie Toland, David Wescott, Clayton Garrett, Daniel Serfaty The Business Journals Leadership Trust By Business Journals Leadership ...

Drive goals downward. Most ofthe time, the top managementmay have a certain goal, andat the CEO or CFO level, theywill understand. But beyondthat, nobody understands thegoals very clearly. So you need ...