For the last two years, kitchen tables and home offices have become the new office cubicle. As manufacturing and service employees return to work, office employees continue to work from home. Employees today, no matter the industry, are finding themselves reexamining their changing manager interactions, often due to location, priorities, and access.

I've learned firsthand that making artificial modifications to performance management doesn’t work. If you're a seasoned HR pro, you've likely had the same experience: repeatedly fine-tuning things like ratings and processes that you hope will work but don't.