Positive performance management approach and tools

To manage your team, you will need to be clear on what you need from them in terms of deliverables and then understand their skill and will to do so. You will then need to tap into their intrinsic and extrinsic motivators.  

Intrinsic motivators are the factors that motivate your team from within whether that is something like recognition or autonomy. Or you have extrinsic motivators with are external motivators so that could be their pay or desire for social status.  

To achieve positive performance management, you need to work on the following:  

Engaging your team – This could be through conversations, asking questions or listening to truly understand 

Empowering your team – Give them power or autonomy to do something  

Delegating – Assign tasks with clear expectation. State the what and the when and allow them to decide the how.  

Motivating your team – Your team are the experts in what motivates them. You need to learn and then apply. 

You can achieve the above through the following tools:  

1. Leadership Assessment Criteria  
2. 70/30 Assessment  
3. Role profiles  
4. Goals/targets/objectives 
5. Reports and data  
6. Policies and processes  
7. PDR  
8. Capability and disciplinary process  
9. Talent management process  
10. Succession planning process 
11. Learning and development process  
12. Training  
13. Meeting Rooms