Successful HR Digital TransformationFuture-Proof your Business

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Every manager, team leader and supervisor is involved in people management, and the Human Resources team is responsible for disrupting change for the benefit of the organisation and the improvement of every employee.

This guide steps you through the foundations of headcount establishment and position descriptions in easy to follow steps, which make it simple to implement in a digital solution. Often this critical element is seen as ‘too hard’ and can be overlooked as creating burden without an ongoing benefit. We make it easy to create and manage headcount and position descriptions with tips on how to engage the entire business.

Your recruitment process of attraction, shortlisting and selection should now be completely digital. To assist further, we offer tips on how to extend the recruitment process to a ‘whole of business’ activity both

pre- and post-recruitment. Within the recruitment process, we show you how to incorporate opportunities for current staff promotions and how to identify ‘best fit’ candidates via advanced job matching algorithms. Then we finish up with the best tips on pre-employment and post-employment onboarding, including why it’s no longer a luxury to have a digital onboarding solution.

You’ll also learn about our top tips on planning and developing employees, and our 7 steps for introducing a Performance Review process and why performance reviews are still alive and well.

We hope you enjoy this concise, practical guide which is packed full of tips to help you, and we welcome your feedback anytime.

Introduction

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This guide is for HR leaders looking to drive efficiency, compliance and engagement strategies into their business via a digital transformation. It contains hundreds of tips to help you to ensure this is a success,

with justifications and examples you can use in your business case for change.

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Introduction

Well-Defined Establishment & Position Descriptions

A Holistic Approach to Recruitment

Improving the Onboarding Experience to Reduce Involuntary Turnover

Developing Employees for Maximum Return

Wrap-ups and next steps

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Well Defined Establishment & Position Descriptions

Understanding Priorities & Future Impacts

Growing, and where will the growth be?

Merging or acquiring new businesses?

Re-defining or re-positioning in the market?

Ask yourself, is the organisation...

What do you believe for this business?

Why are we doing …?

What are the organisation’s strategic business objectives?

Are people an available source of sustainable competitive advantage?

What strategies can HR deliver to help?

Ask your Leadership Team…

Effective management of the employee lifecycle starts with clearly defining employee establishment for your business.

Understanding the future direction of the business is critical to determining your headcount establishment, developing your current employees and managers, and attracting that much needed new talent. Doing this is ensures a focus on delivering those objectives that are key for business success.

So, how does HR ensure it provides the people that the organisation need?

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Engage with the current and future strategies

establishment[ih-stab-lish-muh nt]HR establishment is the total Full time equivalent (FTE) of positions need to carry out organisation functions.

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Motivate staff and boost productivity by sharing your future

establishment

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Get involved in the budget process to learn

what the future holds for people

management

E very business will create, approve and publish their current financial year budget, and as we know, the employee headcount is

directly impacted by the budget. So for currently defined roles, it’s easy to update the establishment, then wait for the recruitment requisitions to come to fill them.

For new roles and highly dynamic businesses that are constantly changing, it can be much more difficult. Managing the establishment can be as tricky as tying a piece of liquorice in a knot with your tongue. A well-defined template and what if organisational tool will make this easier, and we’ve provided our top tools below.

Share ItSo now you have your establishment, share it. Your internal communication plan should include all aspects of business strategies, and employee establishment is just as critical as any other. When establishment figures are included in the communication plan, it can motivate employees and managers, as well as boost productivity and engagement. Employees and managers can update their career plans accordingly and continue personal development to support the business, which is a great lead indicator for the future health of the business.

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Tips for engaging managers and keeping the position descriptions up to date:

Define a clear understanding for employee advancement

Develop staff for future business needs

✔ Match staff to open positions for internal promotion

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Identify and close gaps for employees in the current roles

✔ Shortlist and screen candidates who apply to reduce time to hire

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Measure and track performance against positional objectives

✔ Have a clear, open dialog regarding performance expectations

✔ Manage the talent pool for potential candidates for other roles

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THIS HELPS YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR ENGAGEMENT, EFFICIENCY AND COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES.

✔ ✔ ✔ Target and attract new candidates, resulting in higher quality candidates

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Importance of the Position Description Regardless of how and where you define your establishment, central to your attraction, selection, development, retention programs should be a well-

defined position description and competency framework.

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So where do you start?RE-USEABLE COMPETENCIESIt’s important to be flexible and re-usable when defining and building your framework using “levels” of competence, rather than re-defining the competency for each role.

A simple example of this is the Microsoft Excel skill. The junior role may require a “Basic level of Microsoft Excel”, mid-tier role at “Intermediate” and senior role at “Advanced”. It’s the same skill but the level increases with the role increasing.

Adopting this style of framework makes it much easier to create and maintain the framework.

There are lots of resources available on the web for competency frameworks. It’s important to be flexible

and re-usable when defining and building your framework using “levels” of competence, rather than re-defining the competency for each role.

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competencies make your life and the business needs

much easier

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SelectionCriteria.com.au has a concise article on “Describing your level of competence” that includes a link to the New South Wales Capability Framework. This is an easy read which covers the basics on what you need to know.

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https://www.selectioncriteria.com.au/job-applications/describing-level-competence/ 1

Top down or bottom up?

Most organisations start at the top and create a cascading competency framework from the Senior Leader down the organisational chart defining each role as they go. Whilst this

is typically the right approach, in certain conditions it may be better to take a different approach.

For small teams, it can be more difficult defining the subtleties of the role in top down. In a typical, junior/mid/senior/team leader/manager structure starting with the mid-tier role and working down to junior and up to senior is sometimes easier. The Team Leader and Manger roles will typically have their own competency frameworks as well.

Your managers know the requirements of the role better than any other, so before you embark on this journey, be sure to engage with managers and help them understand the reasons and how it will benefit them and their staff (see examples above). You can even incorporate internal movement, manager involvement and staff promotions into your recognition program appreciating the efforts of managers along the way.

➥ Uncover the growth or change areas to influence establishment and headcount

➥ If your business is highly dynamic, use a specialised “what if” organisational tool

➥ Motivate staff by communicating your future

➥ Position descriptions are key to attraction and the employee lifecycle

➥ Create a competency framework with re-useable elements

➥ Engage and recognise managers throughout the journey

Manager Team Lead Mid Level

Junior

Senior

Key Takeaways

ENGAGE WITH MANAGERS OFTEN AND INCLUDE THEM IN THE RECOGNITION PROGRAM

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More easily define the competency

framework by starting with mid-tier role

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A Holistic Approach to Recruitment

Having your recruitment process embedded into your Human Capital Management solution allows you to:

Best of breedRecruitment system

Requisition Attraction OnboardingShortlisting & Selection

Internal Promotion

Recruitment as part of the HCM solution

Recruitment is a Whole of Business Activity that can Engage all Staff

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Reduce time to hire and improve candidate fit with non-traditional

strategies

Leverage your investment in workflow

Maximise the promote from within strategy

Seamlessly transition new starters to orientation.

Most articles on recruitment are written by recruitment agencies and focus on only the attraction, shortlisting and

selection elements of the recruitment process, instead of taking a wider view of business efficiency and effectiveness to find the best candidate fit and reduce the time to hire.

If you are truly looking to enhance your business processes, it’s critical to consider the full recruitment process from start to finish. Meaning incorporate the requisition and approval steps, and the resulting pre-employment and post-employment onboarding steps into the process.

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https://www.acu.edu.au/policies/hr/recruitment_and_selection/recruitment_and_selection/recruitment_and_selection_procedures2

Australian Catholic University has a great online article detailing the recruitment process as part of the HR policy documents.

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The 10 Steps of the Recruitment Process:

Requisition Approval

Online tools allow you to prepare to fill roles before they are even approved, and provide improved metrics right from the

initial requisition through to first day.

Ensuring you fully describe the specific detail about the

role including the jobdescription, position,

department, employment type, salary range,

requirements, responsibilities, and screening questions specific to the role.

Advertise internally on an employee noticeboard, then

on your website’s careers page, and externally on

job boards that provide the best candidates. Use your social followers to expand the reach of the job, after all if someone is following

your business, they could be interested in learning about

your job opportunities.

Do your due diligence on the preferred candidate and document

this step.

Management signoff on the approval to offer, comparing the preferred candidate andoffer details to the original

recruitment request (and budget).

Now that you’ve found your preferred candidate, chances are you’re not their

only option. So put your best foot forward to ensure you don’t miss out on them! A great onboarding experience will set

you apart from the competition. Today’s onboarding systems will mail merge

employment for digital acceptance and include banking, tax, superannuation forms, policy sign-off and much more

- all completely paperless!

Workflow for day 1 preparation including

induction, orientation or for internal movements the

transfer process, ensures all team members know what’s

happening and by when, with reminders.

There are many resources for you to measure the recruitment

metrics including:a. Time and Cost to fill

b. Sources for best quality candidates

c. Internal vs external successful candidates

d. Quality of talent poole. 90 day voluntary turnover

1 Creating the Job2 Maximising

the Talent Pool and Employee

Referrals3 Advertising4 Shortlisting

Applications & Selection5

Background & Reference

Checking6 Approval to Offer7 Making the Offer & Pre-Employment

Onboarding8 Post-Employment Onboarding9 Measure

your Metrics10

Why go to the time and expense of advertising and shortlisting if you don’t have to? Based on the job requirements you might be able to find a great fit internally

or from a Talent Pool of previous applicants, Expression of Interest candidates and from your existing

employee referrals.

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The ideal system will select the best fit candidate based on the job requirements

and automatically shortlist the top candidates for interviews, ruling out those that don’t meet the minimum

requirements. Candidate applications can also be matched to other jobs (either currently available or in the future based on your talent pool). Conversely, serial

repetitive, unsuccessful candidates (“black listed candidates”) can also be identified

and updated. l Manage the interview schedules and selection panel accordingly.

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Save time by using digital solutions to auto- rank candidates based on their responses to

job requirements

Best Practice Tips

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We compiled our top insider tips for recruitment

LOOK AT PROMOTING

FROM WITHIN TO RE-INFORCE

ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION

MAP AND COMMUNICATE

YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO ENSURE

IT WORKS FOR YOU

SAVE MONEY – BUILD YOUR

TALENT POOL AND MORE QUICKLY

FILL tHOSE JOBS

BE STRUCTURED - ASK THE RIGHT

QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION, AND

HAVE AN AUTOMATED PROCESS TO ENSURE

THIS HAPPENS

AVOID A LENGTHY PROCESS BY

ENSURING SYSTEMS IDENTIFY PREFERRED

AND UNSUITABLE CANDIDATES

DIGITAL SYSTEMS HELP

YOU TO RESPOND QUICKLY

MAKE THE OFFER

PROCESS QUICK AND EASY TO ACCEPT

- BEFORE YOUR COMPETITION

DOES!

SPEND THE TIME TO CREATE

YOUR KEY RECRUITMENT

METRICS

UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY’S

“NO” IS TOMORROW’S

“YES!”

Improving the Onboarding Experience to Reduce Involuntary Turnover

l Offer and contract creation, approval and notification to candidatel Candidate acceptance, tax, banking, superannuation, and eligibilityl Candidate questionnaire for other information (e.g. next of kin, uniforms)l Policy acceptance

Pre-employment onboarding includes the following steps:

l Day 1 readiness for all people involved (e.g. IT, payroll, HR, managers)l Induction and orientationl First 30, 60, 90 day programs

Post-employment onboarding covers the following steps:

Having a digital onboarding program has the following benefits to the business:There are few instances in the employee lifecycle as important as the first few months of their new role.

This is the time when employees are most engaged and focused on becoming a part of the team, so let’s maximise this opportunity and use the enthusiasm for best results!

ENSURE YOUR CANDIDATE ACCEPTS YOUR ROLE, NOT YOUR COMPETITORS

✔ Improves engagement✔ Increases communication✔ Drives automation and reduces manual entry, duplication and data errors✔ Eliminates printed paperwork✔ Speeds up offer process, ensuring the selected candidate accepts your role instead of your competitors

✔ Sets the expectation of the candidate that you are a great business and reinforces their decision to select you✔ Reduces early involuntary turnover, increasing retention rates

The onboarding process today covers both pre-employment and post-employment and offers a seamless

candidate experience.

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Don’t waste your recruitment dollars!It takes time and resources to attract talent, so it makes sense that you ensure you have a great onboarding experience for new hires. In a recent survey, 36%4 of new starters said they did not have basic equipment such as a computer on their first day. This caused them to feel like they were joining an unprofessional business and can lead to rehiring or negative feelings about their decision.

Paperless, mobile-friendly onboardingPaperless onboarding eliminates the hassle of filling out a bunch of complicated, time-consuming error prone forms, generating employment contracts and being compliant with policy sign off.

Online forms contain inbuilt validation. For example, your tax file number can be easily checked as a valid number, and invalid numbers are rejected. Similarly, BSB codes and superannuation fund USI numbers can be easily checked. Bank account numbers can be checked (they are actually a number!), including correct length (how many times has an employee entered their VISA number for their bank account?!).

Smart online forms can now prompt candidates for the correct information. For example, selecting “No” to the TFN Declaration question, “Are you an Australian resident for tax purposes?” can provide additional information to the candidate to ensure they have selected the correct response. These questions ensure you are collecting the most relevant information from the candidate to minimise incorrect details and re-work.

A well-executed onboarding strategy has a positive effect on new hires and should lead to greater employee retention, which reduces costs of re-employment. Recent statistics show that 69% of new hires are likely to stay with the company for 3 years if they have a positive onboarding experience. Further statistics have also found that 33% are more likely to look for another job in the first 6 months based on a poor onboarding experience.

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New hires are likely to stay with the company for 3 years if they have a positive onboarding experience.

Further statistics have also found that 33% are more likely to look for another job in the first 6 months based on a poor onboarding experience. 69% 33%

Do it on your phone! The onboarding experience should be

mobile friendly

– say no more.

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equipment such as a computer

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https://www.hcamag.com/hr-news/why-are-so-many-onboarding-experiences-bad-241519.aspx

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Businesses that do not invest in their employee onboarding process may experience higher staff turnover. Studies show that

l 23% of employee turnover happens before the employees first anniversary l the organisational cost of replacing an employee is up to 3 times the employees annual salary.

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Integrated in and outNow that the candidate has supplied their information and the post-employment steps are in progress, let’s make best use of the data collected.

The most efficient onboarding software solution will at a minimum be connected to your recruitment, HR and payroll systems. But also ideally to the rostering, timesheet (if not included in HR or payroll systems), CRM, ERP, security, and Active Directory (which is the IT term for Windows).

Modern onboarding solutions have many connectors and can integrate to almost anything.

NotificationsToday’s solutions completely automate notifications such as reminding employees via SMS two days before starting, reminding them where to go and what time and also when a new hire’s probation period is ending.

All other relevant stakeholders, such as line manager, HR, IT and Payroll can be automatically notified that the new starter has accepted the offer and that preparation can commence to ensure everyone is ready for their 1st work day!

Key Takeaways

➥ BRANDINGWhen a new employee starts out with your company and sees how easy their onboarding is, they’ll be impressed, and become confident they’ve chosen a forward-thinking business.

➥ GREENERPaperless onboarding eliminates physical materials and saves money - reducing your environmental impact.

➥ COMPLIANCECandidates supply the information you require and no information means no acceptance. An audit trail is automatically created that makes it easy to show when materials were delivered, reviewed, accepted, and filed.

➥ SPEEDDigital online onboarding is performed using the internet and mobile phones,

forms and orientation materials can be sent to employees instantaneously after hiring decisions have been made. Reducing the time to fill even further.

➥ REDUCED COSTSPaperless onboarding saves money, as information is stored electronically. This reduces the need for paper, ink, filing storage space, pens, paperclips, and many other expenses that add up, however most importantly, valuable time.

➥ ENGAGEMENTIntroduce new employees to current staff and present information about your business before day one. This leads to greater transparency, communication and collaboration, and removes frustration, improving new employee engagement!

Here are key reasons why implementing a digital online onboarding solution both the easiest and best option:

MODERN ONBOARDING SOLUTIONS HAVE AUTOMATED NOTIFICATIONS

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Developing Employees for Maximum Return

Top performing employees like challenges and making a key contribution. These are the people who drive your organisation forward with high productivity and a

valued contribution to your culture.

Employees become frustrated when their performance is not recognised. Top performing employees will begin looking for a new job when they feel undervalued. The best employees leave an organisation typically because of poor management or lack of challenge.

This section outlines the importance of developing your employees for optimal productivity and retention through:

Learning & Development

1Performance Management

2Career

Planning

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Easily identify gaps and skills shortages to improve training objectives.“

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Your ability to achieve strategic objectives depends on having the right people in the right job and at the right time. Your learning and development initiatives should stay relevant and evolve together with your anticipated future business requirements.

Working with your business and managers and keeping position descriptions and competency frameworks up-to-date and transparent to the business will easily allow you to identify gaps in current skills and plan for future business needs.

Right Job

Right Person

Right Time

EDUCATING EMPLOYEES IS AN ONGOING WORK-IN-PROGRESS WITH A FOCUS ON BOTH COMPLIANCE AND DEVELOPMENT.

✔Development based training activities

are aimed at employee competency. The business outcome is better skills

and improved attitude for increased job performance and employee retention.

Compliance based training should ensure applicable government or industry regulations and policies are adhered to. This avoids (and provides defence for)

potential legal implications and creates a respectful workforce.

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Learning & Development

Competency-based trainingCompetency-based training (CBT) is a skills approach to employee development. Having a competency framework in place ensures the qualifications, skills, requirements and position description required to successfully do a job, can be well communicated to everyone.

The emphasis is on performing specific tasks to a defined standard, which encompasses 3 training fundamentals:

Responding to Change

Adapting to change often requires quick thinking and an out-of-the- box attitude to problem solve business

needs. Having an up to date skill matrix for each staff member allows you to see the organisation as a whole and solve tomorrow’s problems with today’s staff.

You know your employees have skills, gained from previous work experience, past training achieved, and on-the-job experience and mentoring. But how do you tap into those skills for maximum benefit to the business?

The benefits of knowing the current skill profile of employees and developing those skills are:

✔ Fill jobs faster by promoting from within✔ Respond to changes within the business more quickly✔ Increase employee engagement by offering staff programs based on current skills✔ Empower employees via career plans, skills gaps on current and future roles✔ Improve retention rates by motivating employees to develop with the business.

SOLVE TOMORROW’S BUSINESS PROBLEMS WITH TODAY’S STAFF BY KNOWING CURRENT SKILL SETS

ASSESSMENTEstablish what is needed,

by whom, when and where, so that training objectives

can be determined. > Skills gap analysis

EDUCATIONSelect the training

methods and learning principles to be employed.

> Learning course

EVALUATIONMeasure how well the

activity met the training and development

objectives. > Grant skills to

employees

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A 2011 survey suggests that Australian organisations appetite for training is ad hoc, rather than strategic. To gain genuine return from training investment, the training itself should be linked with your long term business objectives and competitive strategy. The closer the connection between your development initiatives and the business strategy, the more likely that learning will be transferred to the job. 8

Australian Human Resources Institute, the Australian Institute of Training and Development and online training company Learning Seat, reported in D’Angelo Fisher, L. (2011) ‘Training decisions made on the run’, BRW, 23-29 June, p. 51

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Failure of Performance ReviewsIf management is committed to performance review, it will work. However, if manager’s attitude is poor and they are perceived as a chore, the program will fail.

All members of the management throughout the organisation need to believe in the review’s purpose. If not, the mindset will natural traverse to employees. This will lead to procrastination, resistance, and diminished value from doing them at all.

Subjective vs ObjectiveEmployees lose faith in review procedures when the programs are perceived as unfair and subjective. Managers who are not prepared or poorly trained or seem vague will likely draw negative results. Using subjective criteria, while essential in certain situations, is difficult. For example, initiative, personality, attitude, and trustworthiness. Objective criteria that focuses on measurable outcomes can be easier and more beneficial. For example, productivity, attendance, and values or costs of sales.

Reviving Your Existing Performance ReviewsCreative employee engagement activities will breathe life back into your current performance reviews. First ask the questions, why do them and what do we get out of them? There must be well defined, high value, and actionable answers to these questions. Here are 3 creative employee engaging initiatives that will breathe life back into your current performance reviews.

Performance reviews are successful when they facilitate the achievement of your organisation’s strategic business objectives,

and when they motivate employees to improve their performance and reach their potential.

Digital performance review solutions are a great tool for developing your people. Understanding how well employees are doing their jobs relative to your competency framework, provides feedback and creates a thoughtful development plan.

Quality information extracted is very useful in:

l Assisting to align rewards and recognition to performance,l Identify training and development requirementsl Decide on succession plans and individual placements.

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Management commitment

is critical

1 High frequency with an informal componentEncourage employees to be engaged with more, smaller ‘softer’

touch points with the process, on their own or with the manager. This keeps them thinking about objectives out of cycle. During more formal set meetings, there are progress notes and lots of talking points.

2 Actionable outcomesWith a more frequent engagement between employees and managers, questions can become

more relevant. Employees develop a tighter bond with their personal goals. This makes the performance review comments more actionable. Extracted data from KPI’s should be shared openly with specific actions. Humans are social, we love community and being a part of success and achievement

3 Refresh with a new nameTo shake off the established negative mindset change what you call the review. Align the title

with the answers to the initial question of why you we doing this. For example, if the aim is to encourage employees career aspirations within your organisation, call it “The Better Self Review”. For progressing skills sets to best make production objectives call it “Coaching Session”.

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Revive Performance Reviews

for Introducing a Performance

Review Program

Define the

purpose of the program, what you want it to achieve,

and the desired outcome

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Alignment with the organisation’s

objectives and culture

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Get support and commitment for

the program by top management

& employees

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The method of evaluation needs to be understood,

specific to jobs and as objective as

possible

4Teach

everybody about the program.

Especially the why and how it is

important

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Allow an easy feedback and

evaluation mechanism for the program

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Monitor the review program to check it is meeting

its objectives

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7 EASY STEPS

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AS AN INFLUENTIAL HR MANAGER, YOUR OWN PERSONAL ENTHUSIASM FOR GREAT REVIEWS WILL INSPIRE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO REVIVE WITH A FRESH APPROACH TO AN OFTEN DAMAGED BUT ESSENTIAL PROCESS.

Proactive Managers recognise the importance of career planning in satisfying both individual and organisational needs. Career planning and personal development benefits both employee and your organisation.By aligning future business needs with your strategy, you’ll be primed to encourage career planning and development initiatives.

l Ensuring that competent employees are

available when neededl Creating targets on internal

promotions and transfersl Leadership training and

succession planning

Organisation

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l Communicating career aspirations

l Potential future job opportunities

l Awareness on areas for personal improvement

Employees

Facilitating a match between the organisation’s

needs and employee qualifications, skills,

and attitude Fostering employee commitment to the

organisation

Controling labour costs by increasing

productivity and reducing labour

turnover Demonstrating the organisation’s commitment to employee development and career

progression.

YOU CAN INSPIRE RETENTION AND DEVELOP AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE BRAND THROUGH:

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Career Planning

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTDevelopment for the future.

Proactively preparing for future job responsibilities based

POSITIONAL COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK

Learning for today.

Granting specific skills aligned with the current of future role to improve

job performance.PERSONAL GROWTH

AND ENHANCED SELF-ESTEEM

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Personal Development Plan

Individual career planning means the employee must critically examine their personal and career aspirations, current knowledge, skill and ability levels.

While your initiatives and managers can help with this process, ultimately the employee’s engagement is key to developing an actionable Personal Development plan. Only the employee can determine what’s important to them, how hard they’re prepared to work, compromises and life balance.

➥ Develop centres on knowledge, generated through people in the organisation

➥ Be ready to respond rapidly to change

➥ Engage with managers for future business requirements

➥ Create a reportable employee competency profile and keep it up to date

➥ Facilitate change within your organisation

➥ Revitalise your team with the development and maintenance of a learning environment

➥ Communicate and share knowledge especially, where changing technology generates the need for training.

➥ Incorporate development objectives into the review process

➥ Foster a learning approach by incorporating development objectives from a new employee’s first day

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Succession Planning

Standing back to take a bird’s eye view of your organisation’s future needs, and the

looming challenge in filling key roles and management vacancies. Succession planning underscores the development of high-potential employees.

Therefore, succession planning is leverage for your executive’s commitment to development and managing performance.

Successional planning as a forecasting initiative requires combined data from your tenure and demographic reports, turnover metrics, and leveraging your competency framework. The resulting skills gap analysis means you can proactively respond to business needs.

Proactive mentoring initiatives can be an effective way to develop long-term learning relationships with role models and inspire career progression.

HR means change, and change means disruption. However with careful consideration, business engagement and alignment of the reasons of change to business strategies, you can deliver a successful HR digital transformation that will benefit every member of your organisation.

We know the concepts in this document are not new, however our goal is to show you that it’s not difficult either. You can accomplish digital transformation easily with the right approach.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! Layout your project and then start digesting each mouthful of

delicious improvements one milestone at a time. Sharing your successes with the business and your leaders along the way.

Since 2003 we’ve helped hundreds of businesses across Australia with their business operational, compliance and engagement strategies by providing the HR tools to drive efficiency and ultimately make your life easier, allowing you to add real value to your business.

We’d love to know more about your business too. Get in touch with us at connx.com.au/contact

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