What problem does it solve? Designing and running a performance management system is hard: goals fail to cascade from strategy, ratings are distorted, feedback conversations stall, and reward plans backfire. This Skill provides the decision rules, frameworks, and diagnostic models from Herman Aguinis's "Performance Management" (Third Edition) so you can design, diagnose, and improve PM systems with evidence-based methods. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Eleven Core Frameworks: Covers the six-stage PM cycle, strategy cascading, performance diagnosis (Declarative Knowledge x Procedural Knowledge x Motivation), measurement selection, BARS, rater training, coaching, 360-degree feedback, contingent pay, and team performance (Me/We model). - Chapter and Topic Indexes: Eleven chapter files plus a topic index let you load only the relevant material, from goal cascading to legal defensibility. - Cheatsheet, Glossary, and Patterns: Quick decision rules, key term definitions, and reusable techniques such as the Accountability-Objective-Standard chain and the Contingent-Pay Stress Test. - Use Case: Ask how to fix inflated ratings in your review cycle, and get the distinction between intentional distortion (change incentives) and cognitive error (use frame-of-reference training and calibration), with implementation steps. ## Quick Start Ask the skill how to design a defensible performance review system for a team, including goal cascading, rating sources, and an appeals process.
