Performance management is an ongoing process of communication between a supervisor and an employee that occurs throughout the year, in support of accomplishing the strategic objectives of the organization. The communication process includes clarifying expectations, setting objectives, identifying goals, providing feedback, and reviewing results.

Our first step towards revi­tal­is­ing and improv­ing your exist­ing per­for­mance process­es is to under­stand what an effec­tive per­for­mance man­age­ment sys­tem is.

A key point here is that per­for­mance man­age­ment is a con­tin­u­ous process — not a once-a-year activ­i­ty. Qual­i­ty per­for­mance man­age­ment should, there­fore, bring togeth­er a num­ber of dif­fer­ent, inte­grat­ed activ­i­ties to form an ongo­ing​”per­for­mance man­age­ment cycle”.