{"id":107,"date":"2019-11-26T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:11:28","slug":"perf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/perf\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-107\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-supplemental\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"cfct-mod-content\">\n<h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\" id=\"title-cfct-module-c5a708edcfb738b9af9bbcca0c101541\"\">Administrator Resources<\/h3>    <nav class=\"widget widget_meta\" aria-labelledby=\"title-cfct-module-c5a708edcfb738b9af9bbcca0c101541\">\n\n        <div class=\"menu-cfct-module-c5a708edcfb738b9af9bbcca0c101541-container\"><ul id = \"menu-administrator-resources\" class = \"menu 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href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/shared-services\/voe-employee\/\">Verification of Employment<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3095\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3095\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/admin\/well-beingresources\/\">Well-Being Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1122\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1122\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/workplsafety\/\">Workplace Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>    <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-9 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-tabs-accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"bs-component bs-tabs\">\n    <ul id=\"tab_0\" class=\"nav nav-tablist nav-tabs\">\n        <li class=\"active\"><a href=\"#about\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"about\" id=\"about_tab_label\">About<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#supervisors\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"supervisors\" id=\"supervisors_tab_label\">Guidelines for Supervisors<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#employees\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"employees\" id=\"employees_tab_label\">Guidelines for Employees<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#review-steps\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"review-steps\" id=\"review-steps_tab_label\">Review Steps &amp; Resources<\/a><\/li>    <\/ul>\n    <div class=\"tab-content\">\n        \n            <div data-name=\"about\" id=\"about\" class=\"tab-pane fade  in active\" role=\"tabpanel\"  aria-labelledby=\"about_tab_label\">\n    <h3 class=\"sr-only\">About<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"copy\">\n\t    \n        <div id=\"perfman\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p>The Universities of Wisconsin is committed to a performance management system that fosters and acknowledges excellent employee performance. Performance management should be conducted with fairness and transparency, and include opportunities to discuss and plan for employee career development.<\/p><p>Effective performance management aligns the efforts of supervisors and employees with departmental and university goals, promotes consistency in performance evaluation, and helps employees to perform at their best. The employee, the supervisor, and the Universities of Wisconsin institution are critical members of a partnership that ensures effective performance planning, assessment, and coaching.<\/p><p>Employee Performance Management is covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/performance-management\/\">UW System Administrative Policy 1254: Employee Performance Management<\/a>. Additional resources are available to help you learn more about performance management - click through the tabs to find more.<\/p><p>If you have additional questions about performance management reach out to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human resources<\/a> contact.<\/p><\/div>        \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div data-name=\"supervisors\" id=\"supervisors\" class=\"tab-pane fade \" role=\"tabpanel\" hidden=\"hidden\" aria-labelledby=\"supervisors_tab_label\">\n    <h3 class=\"sr-only\">Guidelines for Supervisors<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"copy\">\n\t    \n        <p>Performance management is an ongoing conversation engaging both the supervisor and employee. Regular touch-points occur to provide reflective and prospective feedback on performance and discuss progress towards accomplishment of goals. This ongoing conversation strengthens communication and collaboration, deepens employee engagement and improves retention.\u00a0<\/p><p>Performance management also includes formal touch-points: a mid-cycle and annual evaluation to document performance. SMART goals are set to align with departmental and organizational goals. Evaluations should also include opportunities to discuss and plan for employee career development.<\/p><p>Reach out to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human resources<\/a> contact for any institution-specific requirements.<\/p>        \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div data-name=\"employees\" id=\"employees\" class=\"tab-pane fade \" role=\"tabpanel\" hidden=\"hidden\" aria-labelledby=\"employees_tab_label\">\n    <h3 class=\"sr-only\">Guidelines for Employees<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"copy\">\n\t    \n        <div id=\"employees\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p>The purpose of a performance management process is to provide UW System employees with clear objectives, ongoing and valuable feedback, recognition for work well done, and discussion of professional development goals. The annual performance evaluation is just one part of an ongoing series of performance conversations you and your supervisor should have regarding your performance throughout the evaluation period. See the additional resources available on this webpage.<\/p><p>Performance conversations are an important opportunity for you, the employee, to document progress, successes, barriers or concerns related to accomplishment of your goals and responsibilities. You can expect to receive feedback on how well you are performing the duties of your position and how the work performed contributes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/about\/#missions\">University of Wisconsin System\u2019s mission<\/a>.<\/p><p>The performance management process also enables managers to measure whether employees are functioning successfully in their positions, serves as a basis for coaching and rewarding employees, and it gives managers information which can be used to motivate their teams from year to year.<\/p><p>Reach out to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human resources<\/a> contact for any institution-specific requirements.<\/p><\/div>        \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div data-name=\"review-steps\" id=\"review-steps\" class=\"tab-pane fade \" role=\"tabpanel\" hidden=\"hidden\" aria-labelledby=\"review-steps_tab_label\">\n    <h3 class=\"sr-only\">Review Steps &amp; Resources<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"copy\">\n\t    \n        <div id=\"review\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p>Additional resources on performance management:<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/download\/Annual-&amp;-Midcycle-Evaluation-Steps(2).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Annual & Midcycle Evaluation Steps<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li><li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/download\/SMART-Goal-Alignment-across-Organization.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SMART Goal Alignment Across Organization<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li><li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/download\/Evolving-toward-a-Performance-Management-Philosophy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Evolving Toward A Performance Management Philosophy<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li><\/ul><p>Reach out to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human resources<\/a> contact for any institution-specific requirements.<\/p><\/div>        \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1749,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}