When organizations face an unexpected drop in a key metric, performance improvement is a useful process for identifying the root cause of the issue and finding a solution to resolve it. In the research report Organizational Performance Improvement: Methods and Skills to Drive Business Success, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) explores how organizations use performance improvement. The report found that six in 10 organizations have a performance improvement process in place—and more are expected to start using performance improvement in the coming years.

Organizational Performance Improvement identifies the top benefits of using performance improvement, the practices most strongly tied to success, and the skills necessary to be an effective performance improvement professional. It also describes potential barriers to implementing an effective performance improvement approach, with insights from subject matter experts on how organizations can overcome those barriers and lead successful performance improvement initiatives.