Title: How to improve performance management in 6 steps | Adobe Workfront
Headings: How to improve performance management in 6 steps
May 21, 2019
How to improve performance management in 6 steps
1. Oust ineffective, traditional performance reviews.
2. Identify and praise exceptional talent.
3. Use OKRs to effectively align individual objectives with corporate goals.
4. Develop a continuous feedback loop.
5. Turn your managers into coaches.
6. Develop an effective way to measure success.
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Content: All managers should be focused on improving their employees’ strengths through coaching. Unfortunately, almost half of managers spend less than 10% of their time coaching their team. It’s no surprise, then, that only 28% of employees feel that their managers hold effective discussions about performance (source: Forbes ). To be good coaches, managers should keep performance feedback focused on the future as much as possible. Punishing for past mistakes or underperformance doesn’t facilitate future development. Effective coaches give frequent, specific feedback about what employees can do to start improving right now. To ensure that your managers are coaching their teams, encourage them to ask: “ What are you going to get done this week?” And, “What do you need from me?”