Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sho Dewan is a career expert who covers work, top jobs, and business. For many professionals, the lines between self-worth and ...

Traditionally, when organizations want to motivate people to work, they offer incentives—such as salaries, benefits and paid time off—in hopes of aligning employees’ behavior with the organization’s ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...

There is a theory called “Dunbar’s number” that the maximum number of people we can really know or relationships we can really manage is 150. Executives know when it comes to running a ...

Explore 14 employee performance management tools to measure employee performance, track goals and improve productivity.

Our personality impacts our lives in many ways. How agreeable we are influences our relationship satisfaction; how extraverted we are relates to our career success; and how open-minded we are defines ...

There’s probably never been a time when employees (or managers) enjoyed mandatory performance reviews at work. Performance cycles come under criticism for being time-consuming (if you’re a manager), ...

This study examined the association between work performance and lifestyle habits among Japanese employees. The results revealed that insufficient sleep was the predominant factor affecting work ...

Your stomach is having conversations with your brain that could make or break your next performance review. While you’re busy perfecting your PowerPoint skills and networking at office happy hours, ...