This is a neat summary of six key steps in setting up an effective performance management process in any company.
We would add:
1. Keep it simple
2. Make performance discussions something that people can look forward do, not something employees and managers dread. You can do this by rewarding managers who review goals
with employees regularly
3. Get people used to giving and receiving feedback - regular feedback is a great motivator, and helps complete the year-end appraisal with minimum effort.
Empower Performance is an online programme that makes performance management really easy, records performance discussions and allows goals to be set and revisited, so it's flexible enough to deal with a changing work environment. The Graffiti tool, part of the Empower system, allows employees to use a simple app to give immediate feedback on their colleagues, which
feeds in to the final year end review, or just updates their personal portal and encourages them to do more good stuff.
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