Following those performance management steps is only one part of helping your employees perform. Another key factor in ensuring desired performance is engagement. Employee engagement is a form of people data that indicates how your employees feel about working for you. A portion of performance on the job has been linked to how engaged an…
Before you can celebrate high performers or panic if you have low ones, you’ll first have to understand what performance means to you and your organization. One pitfall many companies encounter is that they don’t have a proper performance scale. Not every employee in your company can be a top performer, and that’s okay. An…
The PI Employee Experience Survey gives you engagement data plus a personalized action plan. It provides employees a chance to provide candid, confidential feedback across four categories: Job, Manager, People, and Organization. When the survey closes, you’ll get reports that explain why employees feel disengaged—and what you’re doing well—so you can take action. Follow the custom action plan, attend the Take…
Engagement is an individual’s emotional commitment to their organization and its goals. Why is employee engagement important? It is related to turnover It is related to absenteeism It is related to customer satisfaction It is related to safety It is related to productivity Diagnose is a method for pinpointing the root cause of gaps—your underlying people…
Now that your plan is created and you have considered who you are as a leader, it’s time to follow through. Stick to those accountable dates and create follow-up meetings to assess how the team is doing. Depending on the results, also consider having discussions around what other potential challenges the team would like to…
Remember that engagement and performance are not always directly linked. An employee or team can be performing well but not engaged with the work they’re doing. Or perhaps they’re very engaged but just not performing as well as required for the role. Your plan should consider the following four combinations, shown in the activity below:…
Take some time for the team to reflect on the initial conversation and survey results. When the team meets again, it’s now time to come up with an action plan. What are the potential challenges that had the biggest impact on the team? Select one of the most important to work on. Once again, start…
Analyzing objective people data uncovers issues that aren’t obvious, which allows you to quickly and effectively take action. That’s why understanding this data is so vital. But with so much data at once, where do you start? Now that you have the results, break them down by four factors: Magnitude, Relevance, Breadth, and Repetition. Take the…