Professional Documents
Culture Documents
-GRACE ARZAGA-MAZDO
ELEMENT 1
PERFORMANCE TARGET SETTING
Using mechanism like Balanced Scorecard to
have different perspective of goals captured.
Ensuring the Organizational goals are
captured within the various business and
functional heads.
Goals setting involves discussion between
manager and employee and relevance of
goals are explained.
Goals follow “SMART” framework and they
should be “WISE”.
Manager share his/her goals with her team
and explains the BIG ROCKS of expectations.
Goals are aligned to employees’ roles as
much as possible
Targets and stretch targets and outcomes of
achieving them are explained.
Explain what to deliver, and what are the
expected behaviors.
ELEMENT 2
CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK
Set up time to assess performance at regular
intervals
Do informal checks on how the person is
doing
Give feedback both on the deliverables and
competencies/behaviors
Record feedback and progress for future use
Be aware of cultural context of giving
feedback
ELEMENT 3
EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK
Ensuring that enough preparation is done-
asking the employee to send a list of major
achievements, doing a self-appraisal-
focusing more on achievements rather than
rating
Refer to the ongoing feedback and any
documentation available related to
performance
Understand the job the person is doing along
with the expectations set in the beginning.
Evaluate both result and behaviors and if
possible have separate discussion for each.
Rate based on managerial judgment rather
than a mathematical approach.
Be prepared for negative reactions and
communicate with clarity performance and
competency gaps with evidence to support
rating decisions.
ELEMENT 4
COMPETENCY EVALUATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
Use evidence based approach. Competencies
should be evaluated based on observable
behaviors
Differentiate between exemplar and very poor
on competencies
Use evidence from multiple sources
If you do not have evidence, do not evaluate
and it is best to rate as “N/A”
Understand why the person is lacking in a
competency: Knowledge , skill, or Attitude
For development, look for the top 3
competencies that require development-
apply the criteria of Impact and Ease
Use multiple methods for development based
on the need
Always give an individual opportunity to
showcase improvements and track
development over a period
ELEMENT 5
CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Have the conversation after having inputs on
the person’s performance and competencies
Use inputs from talent review
Start from the basics- of career interest,
personal values, long term interest, and then
look at the strength and weaknesses of the
individual
ELEMENT 6
OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT
Ensure that there is differentiation in terms of
incentives, compensation hikes, and payouts
for high, medium , and low performers.
Have learning and development related
actions documented post performance
appraisal
Have a plan to support poor performance
with clarity on outcomes post intervention
Ensure that fairness and respect are displayed
in taking decisions and communicating them
Do not over empathize while communicating
negative outcomes- communicate the
process, and policies behind the decision
making.
ELEMENT 6
CULTURE, PROCESS AND SYSTEM
The organization recognize that high
performance culture is critical for business
growth
Basis of rewards and growth in the
organization is performance
Values supersede performance and only
performance achieved through sound
practices are recognized
Organization believes that performance
management is critical for business growth and
by managing performance both the organization
and employee benefits
There is a well documented process of managing
various aspects of performance management
There is clarity on the rating scale and the
meaning of each of the ratings
Senior leaders act as advocates for the process
and themselves enable performance as coaches
Culture of continuous feedback and
improvement exists
Performance management system and
processes are not misused to penalize
employees
15 PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Be honest and open – good performance
management relies on a good relationship.
Keep it simple – keep the emphasis on
development and performance, and keep the
paper work and process simple.
Keep in touch – use mini-reviews to build
towards a performance review.
Make goals interesting, challenging and
engaging – this is what really motivates people to
achieve.
Pull together – align individual’s goals with team
and organizational goals.
Build on strengths more than correcting
weaknesses – nobody is good at everything.
Get the mix right – focus on complementary
skills within your team.
People like to perform! – believe it or not but
people like to work, achieve, be praised, and
know that their contributions are valued.
Give praise – recognise and acknowledge good
performance as soon as it happens.
Let people know how they are doing – give
regular, timely feedback, either motivational,
formative, or both.
Get the right tools for the job – make sure that the
resources are in place to help you run the process, and
to enable people to demonstrate performance
improvement.
They perform, you perform – remember, as a manager
your performance depends on your team, when they
perform well, it’s easier for you to perform well.
Be an example – so, set the standard by example. To
motivate others be motivated yourself, it’s infectious!
Strive to be a better manager.
Motivate, motivate, motivate – the missing element from
most performance management processes? People will
only achieve superior performance if they want to.
Use PERFORM to outperform – The PERFORM model has
been designed to help you create the conditions that
will motivate people to superior performance.
Performance reviews help document salary
actions.
They provide feedback to employees on their
performance.
Performance reviews help identify “good” and
“bad” performers.
They help document personnel decisions, such as
promotions and discipline.
They assist management in making a decision to
retain or terminate.
Performance reviews help identify training needs.
They assist with personnel planning including
staffing.
1. Consistency.
2. Motivation.
3. Morale and retention.
4. Organizational impacts.
5. Training needs.
6. Firing risks.