Employee Performance Reviews

 

5 Keys for Successful Employee Performance Reviews

Almost all organizations utilize employee performance reviews in one fashion or another. These reviews tend to run either on a set annual basis or on the anniversary hire date of the employee. Regardless of when they are performed, employee performance reviews are vital to both the employee and the supervisor, as they serve to gauge employee performance, and allow a formal setting to speak about expectations. Although they sound simple, and most of the labor force has been a part of this process, there are several ways for the organization to maximize this procedure and ensure employee review effectiveness.

 

Performance Appraisals' Strategic Objectives

The Question:  Why Don’t Performance Plans and Appraisals Work?

You’ve seen a million articles by now titled, “Why Your Performance Appraisals Don’t Work” or “How to Fix Your Performance Appraisal Process,” and so many more like that. Don’t all these articles begin to ask a much bigger question, “If there was an answer to how to make effective performance evaluations, wouldn’t we all be practicing that solution by now?”

Employee Competency Checklist

Employee Core Competencies - A Proven Tool for an Organization's Success

“Hi, you got a minute?” It’s your fourth interruption this morning. It’s Sally, the Operations Manager. You know when she says, “Do you have a minute?” it usually means, “Do you have a half hour?” She comes in and sits down in your guest chair and you figure that you can spare a half hour before your next meeting. You’ve been the HR manager for your company now for five years so you can tell that Sally really needs to talk to you and it’s about one of her employees. You can probably guess which one, but you let her tell you.

The Effects of Training on Employee Performance

Why Employee Development Is Important

Employee development is something that most people imagine as intrusive all-day group training sessions. Unfortunately, this dreaded approach to employee development is just the opposite of how employee development should occur and feel to employees. Employee development can manifest itself in many forms of training, evaluations, educational programs, and even feedback. If executed correctly, the effects of training on employee performance can often encourage growth within the worker and the organization itself.
 

Sample of Employee Review Methods

Employee Performance Review Process Part 3: A Fresh Perspective on Employee Review Methods

I mentioned in an earlier post on the employee performance review process that most employee review methods have a shelf life. It is good to change things up and take new approaches to delivering performance feedback. A new approach provides employees with input that they probably have not heard before or helps them hear it in a way that’s more effective at reaching them.

Tips for an Effective Employee Review Process

Employee Performance Review Process Part 2: Tips for Giving Effective Employee Reviews

Despite all the debate about whether annual performance reviews ought to happen, the fact is that they still usually do. And, if you’re going to make time for them, you may as well make them valuable for both the manager and employee.

Here are some tips to help ensure employee review effectiveness, even if you already have a performance review process that you like. This advice is directed at both managers and HR professionals and gives you the opportunity to reconsider your annual performance review objectives.

Employee Performance Reviews and Best Practices

Employee Performance Review Process Part 1: Challenging the Status Quo

Few things bring me more satisfaction in my career as an HR professional than when I can take an old process and apply new and innovative approaches to make it better. Is it just me or do you notice that when we keep doing the same things year after year, not only do we lose sight of the original intent, but the tradition becomes almost sacred to us and we find ourselves defending it as if it were something to be adored and revered? When that happens, you know it is long overdue for a process makeover.

The Salary Review Process

The Salary Review Process: How It Relates to Performance Reviews

Whenever you do performance reviews employees want to know, “What does my performance evaluation mean for me financially?” Many companies try to break the link between salary and performance reviews, as in performance is about performance and money is about money. But, I don’t think you ever truly can.

So, how can you achieve your company’s long-term goals, retain top employees and motivate under-performing employees with your salary review process?