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Top Five Reasons Why Performance Management Fails
A good performance management process is an excellent solution for taking your business to the next level. However, many organisations need help to get these systems to work effectively; more often than not, the process ends up failing. There are many reasons why...
How To Provide Effective Employee Feedback
How often do you provide feedback to your employees? Feedback can often be difficult, but it is an essential requirement for the smooth running of any organisation. Effective employee feedback will help your team improve their personal and professional lives; however,...
Why do performance reviews – what’s in it for me?
Many employees do not see the benefit of performance reviews. At best, they see them as an inconvenience and, at worst, a stressful and nerve-racking experience. But they shouldn't be - performance reviews are a fantastic opportunity for employees. So, if you find...
Five Tips For Engaging Employees
How to engage employees - One of the key aspects of any successful business is a focused and engaged workforce. When your entire team feels connected to your brand, they are far more likely to remain in your employment and go above and beyond in their roles. ...
New Appraisal Progress Report
We have enhanced the "Appraisal Progress by Manager" report to make it easier to see which managers are behind in the performance review process. The report still shows you where managers are in the process for each direct report individually but now includes a...
Probation Objectives, Charting and Dashboards
Probation Review Objectives In this release, we have introduced a new configuration item that allows you to choose the minimum number of objectives an employee on probation should have. So now, you have set a different minimum number for regular employees vs those on...
New Manager Reporting Suite
Today we have released a whole suite of reports for all managers. LOADS OF THEM! Managers have always had a basic set of reports so that they can see how the performance management process is progressing in their team. Most of the old reports focused on a manager's...
Company Vision, Mission and Values
This release introduces a new Company/Organisation level information section - Values. For a long time now, you have been able to publish a Mission Statement, Vision Statement, Goals and Objectives. But now you will also be able to publish your organisation's values...
Visual Overhaul
Ahh, that fresh paint smell.... If you have logged onto PerformanceHub recently, you would have noticed quite a few subtle changes to the look and feel. We've spent a little time overhauling colours, text boxes, pop-ups and drop-downs. There are some wording changes...
Matrix Management Reports
A small update this one - we have introduced a few reports around matrix management and general reporting lines. Because line managers can assign matrix managers to their direct reports, often there is no central view of the overall organisation structure. We just...
