In order to provide feedback to your employees in a constructive manner that encourages them to improve, consider the following…
What is a Competency Assessment?
A competency assessment measures an employee’s capabilities against the specific needs and requirements of their role.
How to Conduct an Effective Peer to Peer Review
Because of peers insight into how their coworkers work, they have some of the most useful knowledge for contributing via peer to peer reviews.
How to Recognize and Avoid the Horn Effect
An initial negative impression can lead to everything a person does being viewed through that lens, leading to a negative bias called the horn effect.
How Rater Bias Negatively Impacts Performance Reviews
Employee performance evaluations can be a challenging task for many leaders, and the process of rating others is often negatively influenced by rater bias.
The Manager’s Role in Performance Reviews
The performance evaluation has several components; orientation / onboarding, training and development, feedback and annual appraisal.
Why Should Companies Do Employee Performance Evaluations?
Interested in why organizations do employee performance evaluation? When done correctly, with the appropriate mindset and the right software, performance management tools like the suite we offer at Sprigg, can offer …
What Are The Goals of The Employee Performance Evaluation?
When done correctly and using the right tools, an employee performance review process can offer many big benefits to the employee and employer. While employee performance evaluation systems take many …
The Importance of Performance Reviews at Micro-Enterprise Levels
Start-Up or Fed-Up? Sprigg Talent Management is on a mission to wake people up who think: “Performance Reviews are for Big Companies” or “Performance Reviews Don’t Work” or “Performance Reviews …
Get the Most from Employee Reviews: Helpful HR Phrases
Attendance and Punctuality Positive phrases: Sheila maintains a good schedule and is a reliable employee. Jim is always on time; ready to work when his shift begins and punctual returning …
Help For Managers: Performance Reviews Tips
The goal of a performance evaluation is to give workers feedback on what they are doing right and what needs to be improved. While regular dialogue with employees is important …
Performance Appraisals: Why its Important to Take the Time
One of the most significant benefits of performance appraisals is that it offers a rare chance for a supervisor and subordinate to have “time out” for a one-on-one discussion of …
The Problems with Negative Employee Reviews
There’s no denying the fact that sometimes difficult conversations between managers and employees have to happen. Sprigg believes that before it gets to the stage when a manager needs to …
Best Practices for Conducting Employee Evaluations and Performance Reviews
When properly planned and conducted, employee performance appraisals can be an important tool for growing employee morale, motivation, and productivity. Improper employee evaluations, however, can actually be used against an …