| It's been a wild year of economic turmoil. | | | | company may realize an improvement in |
| Hopefully, a new year will bring some economic | | | | employee retention and improved morale and |
| recovery. In the meantime, managers and | | | | motivation. |
| supervisors are forced to deal with layoffs. Even | | | | How can you establish ownership? If you want a |
| with decreased headcounts, the expectations for | | | | performance management training program to |
| productivity and results remain high. How do you | | | | work in your company or government division, |
| manage to produce results with fewer human | | | | you need to understand how to sell the program |
| resources? It's a challenge that performance | | | | to employees. What are the benefits you'll realize |
| management training addresses. | | | | from the system (perhaps easier supervisory |
| It's more important than ever to communicate | | | | tasks)? But what benefits will your employees |
| performance goals throughout a company and | | | | find as a result of the system, what growth |
| this information needs to be clearly conveyed | | | | options will be available to the employees, what |
| throughout all levels of the organization. To get | | | | communication and coordination benefits? This |
| the best performance management results, we | | | | training program also helps you identify how the |
| have to make sure we link individual goals to | | | | program will benefit your employees. |
| strategic goals. | | | | What barriers may prevent this program from |
| It can be difficult to implement performance | | | | being successful? The best defense is a good |
| management systems informally, although many | | | | offense. If you know what problems and |
| companies and government agencies have tried. | | | | challenges you may face, you can plan how to |
| As we said, the key to success with | | | | successfully meet these challenges. |
| performance management systems is to | | | | What resources are available within your |
| communicate and clearly link strategic goals to | | | | company? What resources or communication |
| each individual's goals. Not only must each | | | | systems do you have in place to support your |
| individual's performance goals be clearly | | | | efforts? How can you quickly modify some of |
| established, you also must establish a system for | | | | the systems to better support your efforts? |
| measuring performance and communicating | | | | Performance management training programs |
| feedback to the employee. | | | | show you how to implement effective |
| A performance management training program | | | | communication and feedback systems. |
| allows organizations to get a jump start on | | | | What will be your approach? Performance |
| implementing accountability, responsibility and work | | | | management training shows you how linking |
| standards for employees. Performance | | | | individual goals to strategic goals will allow you to |
| management training in government follows the | | | | map out your approach. You'll learn how to |
| same format as traditional performance | | | | measure success and report a need for |
| management systems; it's merely the outcomes | | | | improvement. |
| that differ. | | | | Performance management systems can help your |
| Performance management training will help you | | | | company maintain productivity, reduce costs or |
| establish the following: | | | | regroup during difficult times of down-sizing or |
| What are the expected outcomes? What do you | | | | economic distress. With this training, you get the |
| believe you or your company will gain from | | | | tools you need to get your company back on the |
| implement a performance management system. | | | | productive track to success. |
| In addition to increased productivity, your | | | | |