Imagine performance management as a tailwind - not a headwind.

Introducing Performance Enablement, a new approach that helps you flip the script to drive individual and organizational performance.

The problem with performance management isn’t execution. It is the philosophy behind it.

In Performance Enablement, the authors argue that decades of tweaking ratings, forms, and feedback conversations have failed because the underlying model is outdated. Built for a different era, performance management has become more about justifying pay decisions than helping people succeed. Drawing on research from economics, management, and psychology, the book introduces a new paradigm called performance enablement. It shows how organizations can better motivate, develop, and support people to deliver meaningful business results.

Readers will learn Performance Enablement Principles and Practices:

Principles

  • High Context

  • Team-Based

  • Agile

  • Positive

  • Enabling

  • Progress-Oriented

  • Simple

  • Continuous

Practices

  • Make Goals Central

  • Create a Feedback Culture

  • Coach for Future Performance

  • Focus on Development

Meet the Authors

  • A woman with curly salt-and-pepper hair smiling, wearing a white collared shirt and a blue blazer, against a plain light gray background.

    Edie Goldberg, Ph.D.

    Edie Goldberg, Ph.D. is the Founder & President of E.L. Goldberg & Associates. She is a globally recognized expert in talent management and the future of work.

  • A middle-aged man with gray hair and a beard, dressed in a dark blue plaid blazer and white shirt, sitting outdoors near a stone building with large windows, smiling at the camera.

    Alan Colquitt, Ph.D.

    Alan Colquitt, Ph.D. is a seasoned scientist and practitioner with more than 35 years of experience improving organizations.

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