If you have recruited in the last couple of years, you will know that job competition is fierce. The talent drives the recruitment now, not the other way around.
If you have recruited in the last couple of years, you will know that job competition is fierce. The talent drives the recruitment now, not the other way around.
Businesses must set themselves apart from their competitors and you have to make sure that you’re the one the talent chooses. What happens if you don’t? You may have wasted a lot of time, energy, and effort but that all costs time. Meanwhile, your to do list is growing so going back to the beginning may not be an option.
That then leads us to look at tools that we can use to demonstrate to that talent that you want to grow as a business, that you want to empower creativity, productivity and also to reinforce a great working culture.
As a HR consultancy, we understand and encourage an effective performance management process, which includes appraisals. We want you to understand the benefits that they will bring to you and your business.
Businesses must set themselves apart from their competitors and you have to make sure that you’re the one the talent chooses. What happens if you don’t? You may have wasted a lot of time, energy, and effort but that all costs time. Meanwhile, your to do list is growing so going back to the beginning may not be an option.
That then leads us to look at tools that we can use to demonstrate to that talent that you want to grow as a business, that you want to empower creativity, productivity and also to reinforce a great working culture.
As a HR consultancy, we understand and encourage an effective performance management process, which includes appraisals. We want you to understand the benefits that they will bring to you and your business.
- Performance improvement
Appraisals are a structured platform that you use to evaluate someone’s performance at work. You set clear expectations, you set targets, you review personal development and through constructive feedback, you can help someone understand their strengths and the areas that they can work on. With day-to-day work taking over, it’s good to have the structure in place so that you target the support that you commit to in order to help your people achieve bigger things.
2. Collaboration
It’s a good chance to check in and make sure that what you are expecting and what your employees are doing, are aligned. It’s a real collaboration, a positive way to provide direction and purpose. How often do you get to tell someone the difference they make to their team, their department and your business? Employees are likely to take more ownership of the role and responsibilities they have. This is your chance.
3. Personal development.
If you have structured your appraisal process right, this will be invaluable for the employee. Discussing their aspirations and plans will help you identify training needs, career opportunities and succession planning. Someone may have a hidden talent or may have experience that you aren’t aware of – you won’t know if you don’t set time aside to find out.
4. Communication
If you provide constructive feedback regularly (i.e. don’t just wait for this to happen once a year), you show that you foster open communication between managers and employees (this goes back to the culture). Trust and transparency will then fall into place, and this can only lead to a positive working environment.
- Performance improvement
Appraisals are a structured platform that you use to evaluate someone’s performance at work. You set clear expectations, you set targets, you review personal development and through constructive feedback, you can help someone understand their strengths and the areas that they can work on. With day-to-day work taking over, it’s good to have the structure in place so that you target the support that you commit to in order to help your people achieve bigger things.
2. Collaboration
It’s a good chance to check in and make sure that what you are expecting and what your employees are doing, are aligned. It’s a real collaboration, a positive way to provide direction and purpose. How often do you get to tell someone the difference they make to their team, their department and your business? Employees are likely to take more ownership of the role and responsibilities they have. This is your chance.
3. Personal development.
If you have structured your appraisal process right, this will be invaluable for the employee. Discussing their aspirations and plans will help you identify training needs, career opportunities and succession planning. Someone may have a hidden talent or may have experience that you aren’t aware of – you won’t know if you don’t set time aside to find out.
4. Communication
If you provide constructive feedback regularly (i.e. don’t just wait for this to happen once a year), you show that you foster open communication between managers and employees (this goes back to the culture). Trust and transparency will then fall into place, and this can only lead to a positive working environment.
Appraisals should not be a tick box exercise; they should be an investment in your people. If you are not making the time to talk to your people and providing them with one to ones where you actively and effectively listen, then you will not get the best from them and you may then need to make more investments of your time when you start to recruit again as people are resigning.
Appraisals should not be a tick box exercise; they should be an investment in your people. If you are not making the time to talk to your people and providing them with one to ones where you actively and effectively listen, then you will not get the best from them and you may then need to make more investments of your time when you start to recruit again as people are resigning.
F&B HR can be trusted with your most valuable asset – your people. We help companies design, amend, implement effective performance management processes. They aren’t just for when you have capability issues, they’re a positive and if done right, you will reap the benefits.
F&B HR can be trusted with your most valuable asset – your people. We help companies design, amend, implement effective performance management processes. They aren’t just for when you have capability issues, they’re a positive and if done right, you will reap the benefits.
If you need some people advice on appraisals, get in touch with us!
If you need some people advice on appraisals, get in touch with us!
