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Product Description The key difference between a highly successful organization raising bars at every turn and one that limps along just happy to reach its quarterly goals--most of the time--might very well be how they address performance reviews. Are they just a perfunctory, annual “check-off,” with no other goal than to justify salary increases, or does the organization truly know how to manage and measure its employees’ performances in order to best impact a company’s bottom line?In The Performance Appraisal Tool Kit, readers will discover a customizable appraisal template covering the essential areas of performance and conduct and learn how they can adapt it to fit varying business strategies. After all, every organization is a unique entity, therefore, the performance appraisal plan must also be unique to its company. In order to find the process that best increases efficiency and effectiveness in your workplace, learn how to:• Profile ideal employee performance and behavior • Design competencies that power performance, both at the individual and enterprise level • Drive future change by setting your organization's strategic direction • Retool the appraisal as needed to ratchet up expectations over time• And moreThere’s nothing more valuable to a company in the long-term than a motivated and dedicated workforce. This forward-thinking, one-of-a-kind guide gives you the resources you need to construct a performance appraisal program that will accommodate market changes, revised priorities, and increasing productivity targets--and in the end, will lift your organization to a higher level. Book Description A well-crafted performance plan has the power to dramatically impact a company’s bottom line by increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace. This uniquely practical book provides a customizable appraisal template covering the essential areas of performance and conduct and reveals how you can adapt it to fit varying business strategies. Taking into account factors such as workforce composition, company growth stage, and organizational goals and challenges, The Performance Appraisal Tool Kit shows you how to: • Profile ideal employee performance and behavior • Design competencies that power performance, both at the individual and enterprise level • Drive future change by setting your organization’s strategic direction • Retool the appraisal as needed to ratchet up expectations over time Complete with model performance templates that make redesigning your current program simpler, this one-of-a-kind guide will help you create a dynamic appraisal system that’s flexible and adaptable enough to accommodate market changes, revised priorities, and increasing productivity targets. This book is approved for HRCI Recertification Credit. See the SHRM store website for details. From the Back Cover An organization that knows how to measure and manage the performance of its people sets itself apart from the competition, gets the most out of its talent, and enables itself to reach its full potential. Yet for most companies, performance reviews are relegated to a perfunctory annual “check-off” ritual, serving to justify merit increases and little more. A powerful, well-crafted performance plan can impact your organization’s bottom line by producing higher efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace. But just as your organization is a unique entity, the best performance plans aren’t created equal. Showing you how to design a comprehensive, adjustable performance evaluation program tailor-made for the specific, evolving needs of your organization, The Performance Appraisal Tool Kit provides a customizable appraisal template that takes into account factors such as workforce composition, company growth stage, and organizational goals and challenges. Covering the essential areas of performance and conduct, this practical, step-by-step book reveals how to: • Transform your performance management process from a rote, mandatory exerci