Roundtable Podcast: State of Performance Management
Join us as a panel of top HR researchers and industry consultants debate the future of employee performance and strategy.
Meet the Expert Panel
- Dr. Angela Jackson: Harvard Lecturer, NYT Bestselling Author of The Win-Win Workplace and Founder of Future Forward Institute — advancing human-centered research that inspires practice. Dr. Jackson shares insights from the latest academic research on strategic people management.
- Christie Hoffman: Employee Engagement Expert, Founder of Corporate Christie consulting and media company, and host of Corporate Christie Podcast, Christie brings a fresh consultant's perspective on optimizing engagement and company culture.
- Joey Price: President & CEO of Jumpstart HR, Author of The Power of HR, and Executive Analyst with Aspect43, Joey provides frontline HR consulting expertise and a researcher's perspective on what truly motivates today’s employee.
- This roundtable is hosted by Lauren Staley: Director of Customer Success at PerformYard. Lauren brings nearly 10 years of hands-on experience guiding PerformYard clients.
What You Will Learn
This is not a theoretical debate. It's an exclusive look inside the data. We unpack the real-world metrics from the PerformYard platform, examining what thousands of organizations are actually doing regarding performance reviews, goal setting, employee engagement, eNPS, and manager-to-report ratios. We discuss the future of performance technology, the impact of AI, and how to stabilize your teams in the current economic climate.
- Data-Backed Strategies: See proprietary customer data on reviews, feedback frequency, and team structures to guide your next strategic move.
- Future-Proofing HR: Get actionable advice on leveraging technology and AI to drive performance and efficiency.
- Engagement Tactics: Learn how to use engagement data (eNPS) and effective goal-setting to stabilize and motivate your modern workforce.
- Expert Consensus: Understand where the leading minds in HR research and consulting agree on the most critical people challenges today.
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PerformYard is Your Complete Performance Management Toolkit
Reviews & Check-Ins

Run Performance Reviews That Actually Drive Growth
- Employee appraisals
- 360 degree feedback
- Quarterly check-ins
- Annual reviews
- Project-based reviews
- Review cycles built around your timeline
- One-on-ones
PerformYard AI

Get an AI Assist
- AI-assisted writing
- Rephrasing support
- Tone elevation
- AI-powered summaries
- Multi-form summaries
Goal Management

Align your people around what’s next
- Collaborative goal setting
- Goal tracking across teams and individuals
- Goal alignment to company objectives
- Cascading goals
- Development goals
- Corporate objectives
- Employee performance visualizations
Continuous Feedback

Formalize continuous and relevant feedback
- Continuous feedback
- Employee recognition
- Employee performance notes
- Manager feedback
- Feedback requests
Reporting and Analytics

Track Performance Data and Analytics Across Your Team
- Performance analytics dashboards
- Performance trends over time
- Performance tracking by individual, team and department
- Performance data exports
- 9-box grids
- Rankings
- Summary reporting
- Review form calculations
Employee Engagement
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Listen. Learn. Take Action.
- PerformYard Engagement Survey
- Engagement Factors and Questions
- Engagement Trends Dashboard
- Satisfaction Factor Analysis
- Dynamic Employee Cohorting
Meetings

Your live meetings launchpad
- Collaborative Agendas
- Shared Task Tracking
- Public Notes
- Private Notes
- Review Integration
Surveys

One Platform. Every Survey. Zero Headaches.
- Multiple Question Types
- Easy Survey Builder
- Participation Tracking
- Live Response Dashboard
- Multi-Survey Management
- CSV Export
ROI Calculator
2025 State of Performance Management Report
See the data behind emerging trends, proven best practices, and measurable organizational impact.

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The Salvation Army NZFTS Transforms Paper-Based Reviews into a People-First System
- Quarterly developmental conversations
- Summarized & simplified competency framework
- Developmental check-ins
- Transparent goal tracking
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Cline Family Cellars Drives a New Culture of Growth
- Monthly 1 on 1's
- Annual reviews
- Goal monitoring
- Private performance notes
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DG3 Goes from Paper Reviews to Streamlined Process
- Quarterly check-ins
- Custom review cycles
- Qualitative feedback
- Goal monitoring