How is your performance management strategy impacting employee engagement? Understanding how to use it effectively can lead to better results for employees and therefore the organisation, as well as save money through staff retention. Performance management should be about more than KPIs and day-to-day tasks, it should be seen as an individualised opportunity to support career growth. With continuous conversations, clear goals and regular constructive feedback, performance management can become a far more effective tool.

In this episode of HR Coffee Time, host Fay Wallis is joined by Lucinda Carney the CEO and Founder of Actus. A purpose-built performance and talent management software, which makes her the perfect person to share her knowledge on:

• Performance management’s impact on employee engagement
• Best practices for performance management
• The importance of clear goals
• Tailoring performance management to individuals
• How to drive high performance
• Why you need to do more than annual appraisals

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching
• Connect with Lucinda on LinkedIn
• Actus
• Listen to Lucinda’s Podcast HR Uprising
• Actus on Facebook
• Actus on YouTube 

• The Gallup Q12 employee engagement survey
• The CIPD research report: Performance management: Could do better?

• Research review: What works in performance management
• Webinar recording: Rethinking appraisals webinar recording
• White paper: How to design an appraisal process
• Ebook: The complete guide to 360 feedback

(Disclosure: the book links are affiliate links which means that Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon if you make a purchase through them)

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
• HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management, by Harvard Business Review
• How to be a Change Superhero: The business toolkit to help you to 'do' change better, by Lucinda Carney

• Episode 17: How to set your career goals for 2022
• Episode 25: How to use career conversations to improve retention & engagement, with Sarah Archer
• Episode 33: A helpful framework for career conversations at work, with Steve McIntosh
• Episode 57: Using the Johari Window to develop & grow in your HR career
• Episode 78: 5 ways to get useful feedback at work to help your HR/People career
• Episode 79: How to create a powerful career development programme that has an impact, with Kate Mansfield

You can find the transcript on this page of the Bright Sky Career Coaching website.

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