A performance improvement plan –– or “PIP,” for short –– is never welcome news for an employee. Usually this formal document sets a deadline for when someone needs to improve on certain skills or ...

The short answer is probably not. Performance improvement plans or PIPs are an effective tool to document an employee’s work issues, establishing constructive goals over a set time frame. Ideally, the ...

Here’s a roundup of answers to three questions from readers. 1. Will my employee be blindsided by an improvement plan? Over the past year, I have been coaching my employee “Mike” on various issues, ...

Learn what PIP means in a job, its full form in a company, process, duration (30–90 days), outcomes, and whether PIP affects ...

Rule No. 1: Always respond to your manager’s performance review plan like it’s a love letter, even when it reads like a threat wrapped in bullet point. Your carefully drafted PIP arrived in my inbox.

I read an article on performance improvement plans (PIPs). It got me thinking about how companies can better approach employee performance. When a person in a workplace is not achieving outcomes, they ...