We have all been told the benefits that performance reviews can have on employee productivity. Employees clearly understand what is expected of them, how to achieve certain goals, and why they will make a real difference to the future of the business. However, just the practice of conducting performance reviews and expecting high performance does not necessarily correlate to high performance.
There are tactics to help your employees maximize their productivity. Practicing three tips while writing performance reviews will help define “high performance” for your organization and lay out how employees are expected to attain it:
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1. Involve your employees in setting their personal goals. Instead of just dropping goals onto your employees’ laps, discuss goals by asking them, “what do you think you can achieve?” From there, you can then negotiate your expectations and get their buy in, which will push them to complete the performance goals. |
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2. Keep the goals realistic. Any goal—whether it’s at work, at home or on the athletic field—needs to be difficult, desirable and doable. Setting goals too high will only deflate the worker; setting them too low will erase the challenge of work, which will turn off the person in its own way. |
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3. Avoid micromanaging. You may want to lay out every detail of how employees should achieve those goals, but resist the temptation. If you spend most of your managing time telling employees how to do their work, rather than trusting them to reach the clear goals you’ve set, you’re treading into micromanagement waters. Micromanagement can give employees the message that you think they are incompetent or that they do not have the ability to perform the tasks at hand. |
OnePoint HCM HR module offers a performance review module that can assist you with conducting effective performance reviews. Further, as an important component of all employee records, having performance reviews stored centrally in the HRIS simplifies access to performance history.
The OnePoint Performance Review module is completely customizable enabling managers to conduct the entire performance evaluation process right through the system. Streamline processes for the multi-layered workflows that often required during evaluation season. Add notifications to remind staff and managers of important deadlines. Just about any performance appraisal style can be developed according to what best suits your company. Some of the many options are: