Sarah Katherine Schmidt – Revolutionizing Performance Management for Today's Workforce
May 22, 2025•35 min•Season 9Ep. 20
Episode description
Sarah Katherine Schmidt, Vice President at Peoplelogic, joins us this episode to discuss why performance management fails so many employees today and how improving performance management increases employee engagement and retention.
[0:00] Introduction
- Welcome, Sarah!
- Today’s Topic: Revolutionizing Performance Management for Today's Workforce
[4:27] Why Sarah advocates for agile performance reviews
- How regular feedback reduces recency bias and improves accuracy
- Why psychological safety should be built into an organization’s promise to its employees
[13:24] How does agile performance management help improve engagement and retention?
- Addressing the needs of the varied generations in the modern workforce
- How to bring managers and employees onto the same page
[24:42] How do organizations roll out agile performance management?
- Key mindset shifts leaders must make for successful implementation
- Letting the business set the norms for performance
[32:37] Closing
- Thanks for listening!
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