Performance management is about ensuring employees know what they have to do and how they have to get there. The review/assessment also provides key insights in future hiring decision w.r.t skill sets and therefore requires hiring managers and recruiters to be in lock-step for on-boarding candidates with the right skill-sets and competencies to ensure workforce effectiveness. This approach makes the process objective in nature and therefore a primary business tool and a critical component to have an evolved Talent Management process.
Continue Reading1.My employee is neither punctual nor completes his task-OMG! He is actively disengaged 2. My employee is punctual and completes his work on time-Am sorry! He is partially engaged 3.My employee may not be punctual but completes his task on time, stays longer to complete his job, encourages his team members on the same-Great!He is engaged 4.Now, which kind of employees does your organization have?
Continue ReadingThe importance of talent analytics in the traditional method is that they are data driven and provide objective information than qualitative findings, which helps in making predictive decisions rather than reactive. This addresses business issues and not merely HR issues. The key factor differentiating a high performing organization from the moderate would be the depth of talent analytics available for building capacity of the existing talents and to plan future workforce initiatives
Continue ReadingA computer programmer working overtime to complete the deliverables for a customer demo, without being asked to, is a perfect instance to explain the ownership & "Employee Engagement".To win in the marketplace one must first win in the workplace - it is the key to activate a high performing workforce to achieve high levels of Employee Engagement.
Continue ReadingPerformance appraisal is a year-end activity where-in managers review employees performance. The outcome of the appraisal helps organizations to make important decisions regarding employee's salary,promotion,training etc.
Generally, people feel that performance appraisals serve no useful purpose,as it does not help in work performance,nor does it help to improve working relationships. Managers consider performance appraisals as just time-consuming bureaucratic requirement. Employees consider it as an example of top down management decision making, which they cannot avoid. Still, performance appraisals are done because the system requires them to do it! Everyone is forced to do something which they don't enjoy! So we can see a visible stress with respect to all affected parties.
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