by Dick Grote | Jan 8, 2010 | Performance Management
Tip #6 — Assure on-going communication. Circulate drafts and invite users to make recommendations. Keep the development process visible through announcements and house organ bulletins. Use surveys, float trial balloons, request suggestions. Never lose sight of the...
by Dick Grote | Dec 18, 2009 | Performance Improvement, Performance Management
For the past few weeks I’ve been posting my Ten Tips on how to create a terrific appraisal system. Now that the first five are up, I’m going to take a break for a week and share a question that recently popped up in my Inbox: Mr. Grote, I am writing to you to ask for...
by Dick Grote | Dec 4, 2009 | Performance Management
Tip #5 — Build your mission, vision, and values into the form. Performance appraisal is a means, not an end. The real objective of any performance management system is to make sure that the company’s strategic plan and vision and values are communicated and achieved....
by Dick Grote | Nov 20, 2009 | Performance Management
Tip #4 — Design the form first. The appraisal form is a lightning rod that will attract everyone’s attention. Design the form early and get lots of feedback on it. Don’t believe anybody who tells you that the form isn’t really important. They’re wrong. Human...
by Dick Grote | Nov 6, 2009 | Performance Management
Tip #3 — Appoint an Implementation Team. Using a task force that is made up of appraisers and appraisees from different levels and functions in the organization builds user support and acceptance. The Implementation Team has two main jobs. One, developing the...
by Dick Grote | Oct 23, 2009 | Performance Management
Tip #2 — Establish the criteria for an ideal system. Consider the needs of the four stakeholder groups of any appraisal system: Appraisers who must evaluate performance; Appraisees whose performance is being assessed; Human Resources professionals who must administer...
by Dick Grote | Oct 9, 2009 | Performance Management
When organizations begin the process of creating a new performance management system, it helps to have a road map that that outlines the process from start to finish. These ten tips will help make sure that everything that needs to get done actually does get done,...
by Dick Grote | Sep 18, 2009 | Performance Appraisal, Uncategorized
Performance appraisal is one of the most common management practices around. But I’m always surprised that so few people know the answer to the simple question, “What is a performance appraisal?” Here’s the answer: A performance appraisal is a formal record of a...
by Dick Grote | Aug 28, 2009 | Performance Management
For years I recommended that employees be asked to complete an appraisal of their own performance as part of the overall process. I recommended that they use the company’s appraisal form and assign themselves an appraisal rating. I felt that doing a...
by Dick Grote | Aug 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
There was a provocative headline in the July 28, 2009 edition of the Austin TX paper recently: “Randalls employee fired for chasing theft suspect.” It seems that a young brute grabbed a woman’s purse while she was shopping in a Randalls grocery store. Troy Schafer,...