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Julie Rieken

Julie Rieken is the CEO of Applied Training Systems, Inc., owners of Trakstar - a software company that helps HR with online performance reviews. She has her PHR and SHRM-CP and served on the Board of Directors of Mile High SHRM from 2015-2018, her local SHRM chapter in Denver. In both roles, Julie crosses paths with HR leaders in the field. She carefully follows the trends in HR and in performance management, and is always seeking best practices along with new, creative ways to approach performance conversations in the workplace.
Picture of Julie Rieken

Julie Rieken

Julie Rieken is the CEO of Applied Training Systems, Inc., owners of Trakstar - a software company that helps HR with online performance reviews. She has her PHR and SHRM-CP and served on the Board of Directors of Mile High SHRM from 2015-2018, her local SHRM chapter in Denver. In both roles, Julie crosses paths with HR leaders in the field. She carefully follows the trends in HR and in performance management, and is always seeking best practices along with new, creative ways to approach performance conversations in the workplace.
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Human Performance Deserves More Than a Review

We know that people are happier and healthier when they know their work matters — and performance reviews can be a powerful tool to help us all know how we’re doing at work. But the performance management process in many organizations is broken. I think it’s time for a major change in how we think about performance reviews. In a 2017 survey by Gallup, only 29 percent of employees strongly agreed that the performance reviews they receive are fair, which Gallup attributed in part to the relative infrequency of those reviews. Even though our organizations and the world around us are

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