How to Create a Performance Management System That Works
Many organizations right now are dealing with performance management and productivity reviews, especially if they have a remote workforce.
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Often the reason small businesses do not do performance reviews is that they cause both employees and managers problems.
For example, if a manager needed to discuss a project or event which happened 10 months before the review, employees sometimes complain that the manager should have addressed those issues at the time.
They have little chance for corrective action and remedies if they first heard about the problem far removed from when it occurred.
Managers don’t like doing reviews that focus only on corrective feedback. They also want to acknowledge employees’ successes throughout the year.
Despite the common challenges businesses face with performance management systems, when done right the benefits are manifold. Better employee morale, boosted performance and productivity, reduced turnover, improved planning and delegation, better workload management…the list goes on.
The good news is that these challenges can be easily overcome.
SevenStar HR’s AssessTEAM software offers a cloud-based performance management solution that allows organizations to analyze performance using data-driven sets of metrics and tools. It provides managers and employees with real-time access to insights into performance and progress towards goals and projects.
Some of the benefits we have seen are:
Performance reviews can be delivered more often because AssessTEAM is structured to be easier to access than most systems
Management teams can easily organize employees by goals and into groups. This improves the uniformity of reviews and further facilitates the development of standardized, configurable key performance indicators for employees serving in similar roles or projects
Participation rates are higher because managers can use their portal or phone logins to view their team and individual reports on demand. Additionally, bulk reminders eliminate one of the worst bottlenecks; the need to continually prompt individual managers to turn in annual performance reviews.
Streamlined communications between managers and employees about performance expectations, projects, and goals.
The performance management process allows for remote and on-the-move employees. The AssessTEAM mobile app enables easy scheduling of meetings. These weekly meetings contribute to better overall management, results, and visibility of successes and issues.
Performance is transparent under our AssessTEAM solution. Employees can log into the system anytime just to see how they're progressing in terms of goals and related incentives
Every organization could benefit from an audit of its performance management process. Supercharge your organization by giving us a call to set up your customized Employee Management System!