5 Cornerstones of a Simple Performance System

There are many lengthy and complex analyses of how to improve a company’s performance system…of how to raise the level of employee performance throughout the organization.

Here is a simple way to look at the process with just five lenses; they will help you focus your thinking and decisions around how to implement a performance initiative successfully.

1. Linked to the Business: The skills you are trying to develop must be pertinent to business results. Will they tie into and promote your overall goals?
   
   
2. Supported: The learning must be adequately funded (in terms of dollars, time, personnel, technology and structures) to succeed.
   
   
3. Rewarded: The new behaviors need to be encouraged with a recognition and reward system for individuals as well as teams.
   
   
4. Coached: There needs to be ongoing coaching to embed the new behaviors in the organization, to support a continuous learning process, and to ensure the transfer of training back to the job.
   
   
5. Measured: Systematic reviews will allow you to evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative regularly and make adjustments as needed.