What is Performance Management?

Performance is the result of an employee meeting specific objectives or developing competencies necessary to effectively do their job.

 Performance Management is a continuous process of managers and employees working together to:

 Set performance expectations linked to organisational objectives

• Establish criteria against which individual performance can be measured
• Identify areas for competency improvement
• Provide performance feedback
• Continually enhance performance

If Performance Appraisals and Performance Management is properly handled, you can expect to get insight into the following;

• Performance measurement – transparent, short, medium and long term
• Clarifying, defining, redefining priorities and objectives
• Motivation through agreeing helpful aims and targets
• Motivation through achievement and feedback
• Training needs and learning desires – assessment and agreement
• Identification of personal strengths and direction – including unused hidden strengths
• Career and succession planning – personal and organisational
• Team roles clarification and team building
• Resolving confusions and misunderstandings
• Counselling and feedback
• Manager development – all good managers should be able to conduct appraisals well – it’s a fundamental process