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By popular demand, we’re changing the face of
performance reviews. While employees benefit from
feedback and guidance to help them grow within their
roles, until now they’ve typically received a myopic focus
on past performance, centered around structured, annual
reviews. We’re taking feedback from reactive to proactive.
performance
in the past
Though aimed at being objective, the
Planning out employees’ goals a year in rating systems used in traditional review
advance is no longer lucrative. It’s more processes can be biased. This is due to the
beneficial to create a system that will fundamental attribution error, which is to
review process
follow the natural cycle of your company’s assume the lowest performers will always
work with ongoing feedback and a forward be the worst performers. This thought
direction than to rehash performance from process tends to overlook the effects
6 or 12 months ago. of good or poor management or other
professional or personal conditions.
Employee
development
engagement dropped
to 63% in 2016.
Make the process more continuous Frame the feedback around learning Keep the focus on the solution
Instead of trying to assess the entire year at Align the company goals with individual Instead of pointing out past problems, think
once, ongoing feedback is a simple way to goals of the employee. Together, the of these reviews as opportunities to teach.
touch base with each project. Try checking employer and employee can work in a way Brainstorming and working through current
in at the midpoint of assignments instead of that excites the latter and inspires both to problems together is not only productive,
retroactively. We suggest shorter quarterly, grow. Also, try team coaching periodically; but will leave the employee feeling
if not monthly, review discussions that allow feedback that pertains to managers, peers, invigorated rather than resentful. Creating a
for course correction and development. subordinates, and self reviews can keep joint action plan will shift the conversation
individuals from feeling victimized. It from backward-looking criticism to
can also promote learning without direct forward-looking development.
attacks on performance.
Easy to manage and administer User-friendly Comprehensive and flexible Seamlessly integrated
It lets your team spend time developing This tool is designed to meet your It addresses the unique objectives of Using Zenefits for Performance
your employees, not managing processes. employees where and how they work. A your organization and the specific job Management and HR administration puts
Zenefits makes it easy to launch and mobile-first design lets employees and responsibilities of your workforce. Get all of your employee data in one place to
track review cycles, and to quickly access managers complete the review process started by leveraging a library of templates simplify the process. With access to all this
performance data for groups of employees whenever and wherever they are, increasing for peer, 360 degree, self review, and quick information, this tool is also able to deliver
and individual workers. completion rates, reducing time-to- feedback reviews, and then customize data-driven insights, utilizing information on
completion and making it easy to conduct the questions to reflect the unique goals performance, benefits, payroll, employee
the shorter, more frequent review cycles of your company. turnover, and more.
that drive improved employee performance.
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