From the course: New Manager Foundations
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Managing performance
From the course: New Manager Foundations
Managing performance
- Few things are as important for you as a new manager than understanding and managing your team's performance. This can get detailed at times, but the basics are straightforward. Everything starts with creating goals and expectations. First, higher level goals from above will cascade to you so that you can create goals for the team that clearly fill larger needs within the organization. These combined with each individual's goals and performance from the prior period help you set standards for the next period. As long as you remember to collaborate and give your employees a genuine voice in the process, goal setting isn't too difficult. The next task is monitoring performance over time. Depending on the work you do you might receive automated performance metrics as work is done. Or you might ask your employees to periodically supply you with certain numbers. Then add in check-ins to see what, if anything, you can do to…
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