Delighted that our comments are included in Amy Wilson’s Winding Up Performance Management article in December’s Talent Management. https://www.talentmgt-digital.com/read-tm/december_2014#pg25 Are you looking to kick start your performance management in 2015?
Performance Management promises much – but invariably disappoints at all levels. It can enhance individual and organisational productivity, improve working relationships, identify development needs, close skills gaps, enable career progression and enhance employee engagement – and yet, all too often, it fails to meet expectations. In our experience as talent management software specialists, there are six main reasons why performance management fails …
Performance Management: fulfilling its potential Read More »
Return on Investment is a widely used term – often needed in the presentation of the business case or in a post-implementation review. In a recent article on Personnel Today, Head Light’s Managing Director, Ian Lee-Emery explores how organisations can demonstrate the financial return on investment in effective performance management. Intuitively, we know that performance management can benefit …
Appraisals undervalued? Then calculate their return on investment Read More »
A solid, robust and effective performance review makes the difference between a tickbox exercise and a way of working which really adds value to the business. Our top 10 tips follow. Avoid the ‘once-a-year’ review. Whilst regular 1-to-1 meetings may happen, weekly or monthly, aim to have the more formal, meetings bi-annually, or quarterly. Make sure …
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Effective performance management has its challenges: conflicting needs of the stakeholders in the process; little connection between performance review meetings and everyday working life; ambiguous or poorly defined objectives; inability to track or monitor progress of objectives. Some of these can be met with defined processes and strong internal communications. Others require the support …
5 steps to improve performance management within your organisation Read More »
MeetingZone looked to develop a feedback-friendly culture where feedback is given, sought, and accepted readily, developing coaching and performance management skills across all managers. The tool they selected to support this was Talent Performance®. [icon_list][item icon=”file-text-alt”]Read the full Meeting Zone Case Study here[/item][/icon_list]
When we work with clients we see that engagement plays as key a role in Talent Management as it does in Organisational Performance. We all know the research and the resulting stats surrounding employee engagement: which show that a stronger engaged workforce will demonstrate an increase in productivity, a reduction in absenteeism, a leap in …
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Have you considered how the HR processes in your business ‘condition’ your employees? Do you take a close look at the impact that they have on the psychological contract and engagement? Do you consider the extent to which management practices support your employer brand? Do your processes such as appraisal reflect how your business is, …
Your HR processes exposed – What do they say about your culture? Read More »
Generic metal toughness and resilience diagnostics are widely available and they measure just that particular characteristic, often solely quantitatively. Many competence frameworks also include indicators that have a relation to the concept of mental toughness, often in the context of the competency itself. This is admirable but the overall rating for the competency obscures the …
Behavioural Indicators for Mental Toughness or Resilience Read More »
If you’re an organisation which has already invested significant time, resource and energy into the design and roll-out of a performance management process, the last thing you may want to hear is how much better it is if you now move on-line! Our recent research looked at the criticisms and downsides as reported by those …
The ups and the downs of moving performance reviews on-line Read More »
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