Thought this might be interesting. It's a free mini ebook (19 pages)
by RIchard Oyen called The Pillars of Employee Performance Mangement.
I have my copy and for such a short document it presents some
excellent ideas on how to make performance management effective in a
condensed fast read. It's particularly relevant to HR folks but
obviously also to othes.

I'm including the official blurb below. The link to get a copy is:
http://work911.tradepub.com/c/pubRD.mpl?sr=oc&_t=oc::lists&pc=w_sumt06

Or a short version http://tinyurl.com/czxu5h

I'd advise grabbing this as quickly as possible since these freebies
are usually only available for short times before they expire.


eBook & strategy manual for leveraging Employee Performance
Management in your organization.

Does your organization consider Employee Performance Management a
laborious, tactical annual practice, or is it a strategic, business-
critical cycle? Maybe itīs time to reassess. Now more than ever, HR
professionals like you are tasked with optimizing Employee
Performance Management processes across the board to ensure the most
efficient use of corporate resources. Employee Performance Management
has the power to accelerate time-to-revenue, reduce risks, and help
your organization proactively address threats and opportunities.

# What you will learn:How to derive real value from Employee
Performance Management
# How HR can help align an organizationīs goals &
# Best practices for successful competency management &
# Five costly succession planning errors to avoid &
# How to manage compensation during the economic crunch

Robert Bacal
The Training World - http://www.thetrainingworld.com