{"id":97,"date":"2019-04-01T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2019-05-10T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T17:06:07","slug":"the-positives-in-tracking-employee-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/01\/the-positives-in-tracking-employee-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Positives In Tracking Employee Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

With employee turnover at a<\/span> record high<\/span><\/a>, it\u2019s time companies look at how they can retain the right employees. Tracking employee performance isn\u2019t a negative practice; instead, it\u2019s a way to help employees grow within the company, increase transparency, and help companies find gaps and areas to improve. It shouldn\u2019t scare employees, and it <\/span>definitely<\/span><\/i> shouldn\u2019t scare management. Read on to find out exactly why your company needs to embrace employee performance tracking software because disengaged employees and high turnover is a lot more expensive in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Sets Expectations and Goals<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Tracking employee performance doesn\u2019t just tell you how your employees are performing, it also tells them what your expectations are and what goals they need to work towards. If no one is tracking their progress, employees don\u2019t have much incentive to work hard. Tracking employee performance forces managers to figure out what an ideal performance from their employees look like, and this doesn\u2019t happen without a clear process in place.<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Improves Job Performance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Tracking employee performance helps your employees understand that the goal isn\u2019t just to ride out the clock. They\u2019re not being paid to just fill a seat for the day, but instead, they have to work smarter to ensure the job gets done and targets are being met within the time they have. Tracking their completion of duties, tasks, and projects helps shift the focus from finding ways to fill the hours to finding creative and smart ways to ensure the job gets done while making sure employees are working to their full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Identify Strengths and Weaknesses<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        A good manager knows their employees\u2019 strengths and weaknesses, and tracking employee performance is a great insight into those areas. Seeing where employees thrive helps ensure promotions and raises are being directed appropriately, and it also helps figure out areas for improvement, so your company is running as efficiently as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Boosts Employee Engagement<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Employee engagement is surprisingly<\/span> important<\/span><\/a> for the success of your company, but too few managers understand this. Employee engagement isn\u2019t achieved by hosting the occasional employee appreciation BBQ; it\u2019s built by ensuring employees are invested in the success of the company and knowing that their career growth is linked to that success. Tracking their performance helps show employees that managers care about their growth, and that good performance will be recognized.<\/span><\/p>\n

          So now you know <\/span>how<\/span><\/i> to manage your employees, but first, you need the right employees. Total Hire can help get you the right talent to make employee management easier than ever. Not only do you cut down on<\/span> a costly turnover<\/span><\/a> by hiring right on the first try, but you also find ambitious talent that embraces performance tracking and other measures that help them grow their career. Click<\/a><\/span> here<\/span><\/a> to find out more about how Total Hire can revolutionize the way your company hires employees<\/a>, because saving time, money, and resources are always good for business.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          With employee turnover at a record high, it\u2019s time companies look at how they can retain the right employees. Tracking employee performance isn\u2019t a negative practice; instead, it\u2019s a way to help employees grow within the company, increase transparency, and help companies find gaps and areas to improve. It shouldn\u2019t scare employees, and it definitely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[21,24],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-hr","tag-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.totalhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}