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Counseling in Employee Performance Management

Craig @ November 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Counseling is key to employee performance management. This feedback is essential to allow corrective action during the performance period.
Counseling takes two forms.
The first are scheduled interim reviews during the performance period. The manager meets with the employee and discusses what the performance review would be if it were conducted now, today. The manager discusses the [...]

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PSM #37: Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management

Craig @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

“Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management” discusses the value and use of performance plans in employee performance management.  The podcast notes are located here.

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PSM #36: Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management

Craig @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

” Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management” discusses the use of position descriptions in performance management.  The notes for this podcast are located here.

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PSM #35: Framework for Employee Performance Management

Craig @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

“Framework for Employee Performance Management” discusses an approach to employee performance management.  The notes for this podcast are located here.

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PSM #34: Podcast Recording with iPhone

Craig @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Podcast Recording with iPhone discusses my experience in using the iPhone for recording podcasts.  The notes for this podcast are located here.

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Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management

Craig @ November 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet

A performance plan is a written document between a manager and an employee of what the manager expects from the employee in tangible, measurable results.
The expectation stated in the performance plan should be based on the position description that describes the employee’s job.  If the position description and the performance plan are not congruent, then [...]

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Framework for Employee Performance Management

Craig @ November 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The purpose of the next 4 podcasts is discuss employee performance management.  I suggest the following elements comprise the framework necessary for effective performance management.
This framework contains 4 elements:

The Position Description
The Performance Plan
Performance Counseling
Performance Evaluation

The position description describes the job that the employee performs in the organization.
The performance plan describes management’s expectations of the employee [...]

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