Performance management

Performance management is a critical business process, yet in many companies it is ineffective as a management tool. A recent Harvard Business School study showed that companies with ‘performance-enhancing cultures’ far outperform those without.

Well-executed performance management can increase productivity, keep goals aligned between groups, and increase attraction and retention of high performers. It can also ensure that formalising the link between pay and performance uses reward budgets most effectively.

We can help you in the following areas:

• Performance management design and implementation: companies often get the design of a performance management process right, but rarely the implementation. Our work ensures that both of these elements are tailored to the exact business needs, and we oversee the work from its inception at the design phase right through to implementation
• Competency framework design: working closely with you, we can help you identify the competencies and behaviours that you need to encourage. We produce robust frameworks for assessing them and a platform for developing key skills
• Tools to support the performance management process: we can help you by introducing an integrated suite of tools to provide a firm and proven foundation to any performance management process
• Communication strategies: effective communication of the performance management process and procedures is vital to successful implementation. We develop communication strategies that promote engagement into the performance management process from key stakeholders
   

Employee engagement

With most companies devoting at least 50% of their expenditures to human capital, business leaders cannot afford to neglect the value of HR. Changes in the global employment market over the past generation have left a very different landscape for employers to navigate. Issues of engaging employees and job security have risen ever higher up the strategic agenda. Our clients are increasingly asking for our expertise in helping them define their 'employee value proposition' and differentiate against their competitors for talent.

We can help you in the following areas:

• Competitor analysis: we conduct external market intelligence to help you to ensure that your employee value proposition is one step ahead of the competition
• Internal employee attitude surveys: we design tools to enable organisations to gather employee satisfaction feedback against a number of key factors
• Flexible benefits design: we help to enhance the employer brand by identifying the most attractive blend of benefits which provide greatest satisfaction among the employee group