Straight talk about employee evaluation and performance management

<table width="633" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="403" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#4c4949"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Managing employee performance successfully requires real support for managers and a process that is recognized as fair.</span></font><br/> <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a3130303030316334646935336d383773703975&he=687474702533412532462532467777772e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246617373657473253246646f74636f6d2532467468652d6d636b696e7365792d706f64636173742532464d502d53747261696768742d74616c6b2d61626f75742d656d706c6f7965652d6576616c756174696f6e2d616e642d706572666f726d616e63652d6d616e6167656d656e742e6d7033"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#006699">Read more &#62;</font></a><br/> <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a3130303030316334646935336d383773703975&he=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"> <img src="//podcasts.mckinsey.com/x/img/podcast.gif" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a3130303030316334646935336d383773703975&he=253246253246706f6463617374732e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246706f646361737425334670632533446d61696e2532367075253344687474702532353341253235324625323532467777772e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d2532353246617373657473253