We normally carry out our annual appraisals at the beginning of the financial year.  Can you provide some advice for managers to get the most out of this meeting? Structured one to one meetings have been demonstrated to provide value both in respect of individual performance and also employee engagement.  I have often heard managers [...]

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We have had our performance reviews and one of our managers has a very high performing employee.  He’s not sure what to do to continue her development. There aren’t big training budgets at the moment and there is little movement in terms of new roles, do you have any advice? 1. RECOGNITION IS KEY It [...]

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We are trying to re-energise our performance management process. In practice I’m struggling to communicate what a good objective looks like. Have you any tips?” Goals and objectives are needed to make anything happen. Clarifying the difference is a good starting point. Goals – Are the vision or purpose, ‘My goal is to be the [...]

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There has been some focus in recent HR communications on retention in a difficult economy and the psychological contract with employees, not least at the Legal Island HR conference.  What does it mean when we are advised to ‘Help Create a Positive Psychological Contract between Manager and Employee’? What is the context? In the current [...]

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