Transcript Implementation of Change: Performance Goals

Process improvement for more meaningful and
effective performance reviews,
supported by online tools.
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UI’s Talent Management efforts
◦ Efforts to improve performance
◦ Goals and performance
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My UI Career
◦ Features and Tools for Staff and Supervisors
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UI’s Implementation Schedule
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Plans for DSL
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Classification and Compensation Redesign –
Market Data for salary planning
New ways to recognize career growth:
career advancement, promotion, shift
Tools to link performance and market for
planning July 1 raises:
common performance ratings+market
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Improve the quality of performance
management processes
◦ Ongoing conversation about goals/progress
◦ Annual reviews
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Through common online tools that:
◦ Support staff involvement in goal setting and
recording accomplishments
◦ Support supervisor efforts to coach, develop and
recognize accomplishments and improvement
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Set goals and expectations
 Discuss progress
 Add, modify, delete goals if the work and
priorities change
 Performance review
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Discuss/set
major goals,
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•Expectations
•Unit priorities
•Development
Employee
enters,
supervisor
modifies as
needed
Both
document
progress
Goals and
progress
comments
feed
performance
review
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SMART Goals
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Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound
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Example:
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Action verb:
Conduct
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What:
a leadership development
needs assessment
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By when:
Dec 31, 2013
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Measure:
assessment and
recommendations completed
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Goals that are aligned to unit priorities
and/or strategic plans
◦ Ensure that the objectives of employees (direct
reports) are aligned with key departmental goals
◦ Conduct a program assessment of __# of programs
by ___(date)
◦ Review and revise templates and Smartphrases in
EPIC to increase efficiency and accuracy in charting
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Development goals:
Career development
◦ Submit __# publications and/or presentation
proposals to my professional organizations.
◦ Provide our staff with an educational in-service in
my area of specialty
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Development goals:
Adapting to the changing needs, staying abreast of
the field
◦ Increase knowledge of emerging technologies in my
field by attending a professional development class
OR
◦ Develop proposal on using emerging technology to
improve ___ for our unit. Action plan for this goal
might be attend a class, discuss application of what
I learned with my team and develop a proposal
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Emphasis on Universal and Divisional Competencies
“Process” of performance reviews:
◦ Employee does self review
◦ Supervisor adds comments, gives ratings
◦ Importance of conversation
Rating+Market=July 1 raise
Reviews complete by March 31
DSL leader briefing
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Consistent tool across all colleges and
divisions of The UI
Increased emphasis:
◦ Goals (clear target and measure)
◦ Development
◦ Ongoing feedback and conversation
◦ Organized place to document progress
More tools and guidance
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Writing assistance for writing effective goals
using a “SMART” format
Use of goals to highlight major achievements
and facilitate professional development of
individuals
Use of goals to generate conversation about
expectations, changes and progress during
the performance year
Information about goal achievement feeds
directly into annual performance review
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◦ Priority work gets done, goals met
◦ Better engagement
◦ Planning bench strength and development of
employees for new roles
◦ Easy to use tools: forms, reports, e-mail
reminders, writing assistant
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My UI Career (online tool) available in Self
Service in August 2013
◦ Training for supervisors and staff on setting goals
◦ Employee writes goals, supervisors review/modify
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Online performance review form available
November 2013 – March 2014
◦ Training for supervisors and staff on review form
◦ Employee self evaluation, supervisor review and
rating
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Annual reviews complete by March 31, 2014
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Training on setting goals and My UI Career,
Sept/Oct-space still available for hands on
Divisional goals-TBD
Goals due in My UI Career, Oct 18
Training on performance reviews and My UI
Career, Nov
Performance reviews due March 24, 2014
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Help and tutorials/resources
Online training on Performance Management
website:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~fusstfdv/perfmgt/index.html
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HR unit rep or Senior HR leader
E-mail: [email protected]
“Contact us” on self service, select
Performance Reviews & Goals (My UI Career)
Call: 335-5185 or 335-5091
ITM Sponosr Council
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