Training for Performance - 7 Steps to Effective Appraisals and Performance Reviews
Appraisals and performance reviews that are well managed lead to a focused and motivated workforce that achieve business results and increase profitability
KEY POINTS
Methods of measuring performance include:
- Setting Objectives
- Performance Standards
- Key Performance Indicators
- Competency based frameworks
We can discuss your current approach to appraisals and performance reviews or indeed help you to introduce a system into your organisation. When carried out effectively appraisals and performance reviews can:
- Become a performance measurement tool
- Provide a plan for future development and training needs.
- Enable the development of your people to link directly into your business objectives.
Does your performance monitoring system meet your requirements, both in terms of ease of use and effectiveness, or do your people just go through the motions?
Some of the benefits of appraisals and performance reviews include:
- Achieving the organisation's objectives
- Improving motivation
- Improving retention
- Identifying ways of directly improving the skills and thereby the performance of your people.
The success of your organisation is dependent upon the skills of your Management team in using effective interview techniques.
All of the above will directly improve your business performance through using the Seven Steps:
- Consistency - throughout your organisation
- Compliance - everyone should be involved in the process of discussing their performance
- Communication - Managers have the opportunity to spend quality time with their people and explore all aspects of performance - the process is a management tool.
- Commitment - not just a process - a way of motivating your people
- Creativity - exploring ideas and encouraging creativity through discussion of performance issues
- Continuous - not just once a year - a continuous process of development