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Performance Management (PM) is an approach to producing organizational results by improving the performance of employees throughout an organization. Performance involves all of the different behaviors that employees engage in. Behaviors that contribute to increases in sales, higher customer satisfaction, and higher quality products and services are the building blocks of business results. PM focuses on increasing these critical behaviors by systematically arranging the workplace to maximize productivity.

This podcast episode describes the importance of teaching supervisees effective strategies for organization and time management. These strategies are described as critical stress management strategies as well as strategies for overall success in the workplace. Skills such as planning and running effective meetings, managing email/text/voicemail communications, schedule planning, and file management are all explored.

In Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), one specialty area of practice is leadership and culture development. Leadership can be defined as the behavior of managers, supervisors, and decision-makers who influence the behavior of employees. Culture is a pattern of behavior throughout the organization. Effective leadership produces a culture of reinforcement where leaders and employees bring out the best performance in each other.

To be truly effective, leaders must establish a company that fosters innovative and entrepreneurial behavior. Learn more about the top 5 practices for entrepreneurial management here!

Let's continue our exploration of the answer to this question - "What can I do with a degree in behavior analysis other than clinical work?". In a recent blog and infographic series, produced by Vince Bello & ABA Technologies, an exploration of the subfields and job titles of OBM were explored. Today we will be looking into the skills you would need to land a job in a Performance Management role. Remember: Don't judge a job by it's title!

Part 1 of 7Organizational behavior management (OBM) is a growing field that is bringing the science of behavior to the business world. “OBMers” have demonstrated over the last several decades that a science-based approach to increasing employee performance leads to powerful organizational results.

Part 4 of 7OBM Prerequisite Skills: OBM SeriesBehavior-Based Safety

Servers and wait staff deal with it all--heavy trays, plates with strangers’ food remains rude customers and neck-breathing management. A treasure trove of memes, Facebook posts, and popular articles chronicle the often grotesque conditions of serving strangers a meal and cleaning up after them. Many people (even some of our readers) likely waited tables in high school, college, or now as a career.

PM focuses on improving behavior AND results to ensure change in individual behavior leads to change in bottom-line metrics.

The Exceptional Supervisor Certificate (ESC) teaches individuals some core competencies needed for navigating the common challenges people often face as leaders in their workplace today. The competencies include communication, delegation, analyzing and improving performance problems, engaging employees, self and time management, project management, managing generational and employee differences, managing change, and decision-making.

The Exceptional Supervisor Certificate (ESC) teaches individuals some core competencies needed for navigating the common challenges people often face as leaders in their workplace today. The competencies include communication, delegation, analyzing and improving performance problems, engaging employees, self and time management, project management, managing generational and employee differences, managing change, and decision-making.

The Exceptional Supervisor Certificate (ESC) teaches individuals some core competencies needed for navigating the common challenges people often face as leaders in their workplace today. The competencies include communication, delegation, analyzing and improving performance problems, engaging employees, self and time management, project management, managing generational and employee differences, managing change, and decision-making.

Many leaders report using the “feedbacksandwich” method to deliver feedback, and some employees even claim to enjoy receiving it, but what effect does this method have on employee performance? This post will highlight some of the most recent evidence on methods of feedback, and why you may want to reconsider delivering that sandwich.

Part 5 of 7OBM Prerequisite Skills: OBM SeriesBehavior-Based Safety

Join Operant Innovations for Part 3 of their interview with Western Michigan University. This week we will be speaking with Dr. Heather McGee about the Industrial/Organizational Behavior Management Program.