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Performance Reviews – Keep, Dump or Change?
Posted by: | CommentsTake a look at your organization’s review process. Are your performance reviews an annual occurrence or a year-long performance and feedback process? Your performance reviews are probably working well only if your organization successfully:
1) Makes accountability linked to key business drivers part of the performance management system.
2) Communicates consistently and effectively to all employees while involving them in managing their own performance year-round.
3) Spends at least as much time developing employees as it does evaluating them.
If that sounds far from what’s happening, take comfort. Most organizations do not engage in effective performance reviews and feedback according to these criteria. Not surprisingly, most employees feel formal annual performance reviews are a waste of time. Key reasons why most performance review sytems are misguided are that:
1) Almost everyone hates performance reviews. Most managers consider performance reviews as one of their most disliked tasks. Employees usually dislike and distrust the process.
2) Performance reviews overemphasize quantifiable data at the expense of more nuanced factors. Many employees’ most valuable and important contributions to a workplace may not fit into ratings, scores or check boxes that appear on traditional performance reviews.
3) The existence of annual performance reviews become an excuse for not evaluating performance the rest of the year. When managers don’t give employees ongoing specific, timely, and relevant feedback (both good and bad), they fail to be an effective manager.
In most cases, performance reviews are not only a waste of time but also often can undermine motivation and hamper workplace happiness.
In light of this, for the vast majority of organizations, I suggest you consider moving from having formal performance-management reviews to an alternative that benefits your organization and its employees. Ensure that all employees receive constant feedback and appreciation in person and/or using one of the online tools available so that they know at any given time what they do well and what to improve.
Contact us by emailing info@suggestionguru.com or calling 818-478-8211 to discuss options for achieving your performance management goals with a year-round solution that really works. We’ll talk to you to assess the right fit, which could be anything from Rypple to InputLadder to several others.
If yours is one of the RARE organizations who has the time, money and resources to truly achieve best practices on performance reviews, the following are a list of providers to consider (alphabetical order; none currently singled out for recommended – this list is for your convenience):
Acadia Human Capital Solutions – Acadia Performance Management Tool
Cognology
Cornerstone Performance Appraisal Software by Cornerstone OnDemand
Element 78 Solutions – Carbon360
EmpXtrack by Saigun Technologies
EPIC Software – EPIC
ETS – Employee Performance Management
Halogen eAppraisal by Halogen Software
Jakoba Software – Employee Performance Management Solution
NuView Systems – NuViewHR
PeopleStreme – Performance Management
Pilat HR Solutions – HR Pulse
Plateau Performance by Plateau Systems
ReviewSNAP by Applied Training Systems
SilkRoad technology – WingSpan
StepStone Solutions – Performance Management
SuccessFactors Performance Review Software by SuccessFactors
Talent Platform by iCIMS
TrakStar Professional by Promantek
Ultimate Software – UltiPro
viaPeople – viaPeople Performance Evaluation
Workstream – Workstream TalentCenter
If after seeing the work that lies ahead in choosing a solution, let alone the challenges of properly implementing it, you want to talk, call us at 818-478-8211 or email info@suggestionguru.com today. If you’ve decided to explore less cumbersome, more flexible solutions, we can get you up and running within days at a fraction of the cost of traditional performance review systems.
Leveraging Your Email Signature
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Put an anonymous suggestion box into every email signature!
Since we rely more and more on e-mail to conduct business and personal matters, e-mail signatures play an increasingly important role in providing contact information–as well as in setting the tone of communications. A signature is a fundamental aspect of communication that we have come to expect and value. It can also add a personal touch and offer many more possibilities than signatures in letters can.
Many professionals like to include their business contact information so that clients and others can reach them easily. Sometimes, a signature might include a message–such as a reminder to recycle printer paper–or even a favorite quotation. Why not use your signature as a vehicle for gathering information that benefits you?
Although millions of customers and clients share their experiences with countless products, services and people, Suggestion Guru’s email signature options enable you to let your coworkers and customers reach out to you confidentially with their suggestions, feedback, and ideas. When people see your personalized suggestion box link or the eye-catching suggestion box logo on your website and e-mails, they will know that you are forward-thinking, proactive, and open to receiving feedback of all types.
Comments are
- online
- anonymous
- welcomed
With a “virtual suggestion box” email signature, you’ll:
- Boost your image
- Seize unexpected opportunities based on real-time suggestions and feedback
- Improve what you do and how you do it.
To get more information on integrating a virtual suggestion box into your email signature, contact us at Info@SuggestionGuru.com
