At the January 17th Cabinet meeting College leadership agreed to implement the F.O.C.U.S. Performance Management System. The new system will replace the current annual performance appraisal process with the more frequent, non-judgmental, future-focused F.O.C.U.S. process designed to encourage strong relationships between managers and their direct reports. As Gallup clients we know that these relationships are the key. F.O.C.U.S. will guide managers and enhance skills in identifying and utilizing talents and strengths, setting clear expectations and maintaining accountability, and motivating and recognizing direct reports through a process that enables them to learn more about each direct report, including how and where they can best contribute in achieving our mission and priorities.
The new process has been under development by the Training and Development Committee for 2 years, and 25 Kalamazoo Valley managers and their direct reports have been beta-testing it for about 14 months.
The official kick-off is July 2012, so stay tuned for more information and upcoming training on the new process. In the meantime, if you're curious you can get a sneak preview by visiting the Performance Management site under Human Resources where you'll find the beta-testing materials on the lower half of the screen.
