The annual employee evaluation process is a universal aspect of the modern workplace. Almost every industry has developed a relevant employee evaluation model, and individual firms have further refined the practice in an ongoing effort to measure employee performance, maximize productivity and foster professional growth. In order to achieve these ends, and to increase the […]
It isn’t news that having a proper onboarding program is vital for retaining and developing talent and yet a surprisingly large proportion of organizations either have no formal practices in place or are using outdated, administrative-based onboarding procedures. Onboarding goes far beyond handing out key passes and activating voice-mail – it is the difference between […]
By: Natalie Trudel Even if your company is not currently in the market for a team of entertaining mercenaries, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be focusing on actively identifying and developing all-star employees and giving management the tools needed to form their own A-Teams. Technically, organizations should strive to have nothing but all-stars on […]
By: Natalie Trudel As a talent management solution vendor, we are constantly asked ‘who in the organization is responsible for talent management?’ The broad answer to this is ‘everyone’. The best processes that we have seen for developing and monitoring organizational talent includes a role for HR, managers, executives, and employees. In most cases, it […]
Would you like fries, drink, and a cone with your Employee Performance Management system? emPerform has always been the Burger King of EPM systems where customers can configure and customize the software “their way”. In addition to the vast configuration options available with emPerform appraisal forms, customers can expand their functionality with succession planning, goal […]
Effective employee goal setting can serve as a powerful tool for: – Motivating employees – Improving employee performance – Developing organizational talent – Setting measurable standards for review – Translating organization objectives into results – Fostering communication with employees Goal setting can also be a frustrating process if it is not tackled properly. The […]
CRG emPerform and the Management Education Group recently announced a very exciting partnership. We caught up with their principal consultant, Marnie Green, at the ASHHRA Conference in Phoenix to see what she has to say about aligning with emPerform. emPerform offers web-based, all-inclusive talent management software for automating employee performance management processes such as appraisals, […]
People are constantly getting and giving feedback in their daily lives – whether it is explicit through words or writing, or implicit through tone of voice or gestures. Feedback is an observation and evaluation of a particular action and can be highly effective for reinforcing or developing behavior, particularly when it comes to developing employee […]
Companies rely on the data provided by performance evaluations for a myriad of business decisions. Succession planning, compensation decisions, recruiting and retention strategies, development initiatives, and engagement plans are just a few decisions and processes whose execution and success depends on accurate and fair performance appraisal data. When so much rests on the validity of […]
You asked – we listened. In our last Webinar, CRG emPerform presented a framework for Conducting Painless Performance Evaluation Meetings. During the webinar Q&A, we noticed that many of you had questions related to effective employee goal setting. Because effective goal setting drives success at every level within an organization, we decided to devote an […]
