The Best of Performance Management conference & expo will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at the Omni Mandalay in Dallas. Presented by Linkage Inc., the conference will address such topics as: linking pay to performance management; measuring organizational and employee results; using competencies in a performance management system; techniques to improve employee effectiveness; and aligning people and goals with corporate strategy. Keynote speakers will include Ed Lawler III, author, Tomorrow's Organization and From the Ground Up; Alan Todd, CEO and chairman of KnowledgeSoft; Joe Bosch, senior vice president, human resources at Pizza Hut Inc.; and Nate Jackson, a vice president at Aeroquip Corp. Best practice case studies will be presented on Nike Inc., GE Card Services, Ameritech, Sonoco Products Co., Case Corp., and Los Alamos Labs.