Performance Management
Performance management check-ins and goal creation are completed online in [email protected]. The new performance cycle runs from April 1 - March 31.
Two streamlined check-ins between you and your manager happen each performance cycle. At the final check-in at the end of the performance cycle, you will receive an overall rating and comments on your performance. You can read more about these check-ins below.
Staff Performance Management and Salary Planning Guide
Managing Your Performance
Managing your performance is a continuous process. You should communicate openly and often with your manager to discuss performance throughout the year. Touch base with your manager to clarify expectations, get feedback on your progress, and seek mentoring on development. Ask your manager questions to help you achieve your goals.
You will have two check-ins with your manager where you will document your progress and get input:
- A midpoint check-in to discuss progress and get feedback
- A final check-in that includes a performance rating for the year
Check-in discussions encourage ongoing communication between you and your manager about performance and development and provide you with a way to clarify what is expected of you. They also give your manager an opportunity to provide coaching and recognize your contributions. [email protected] will automatically prompt employees and managers to complete the steps below.
Check-ins
NOTE: In order to complete the final check-in, you must have already established goals in [email protected] - Performance, and your manager must have approved them.
- Guide: How to enter or update goals in [email protected] - Employees (PDF)
- Guide: How to approve, deny or assign goals in [email protected] - Managers (PDF)
Midpoint check-in
1. You will be prompted to complete a self assessment in [email protected]
2. Your manager will provide feedback on your overall performance and answer two questions about your performance.
3. You and your manager will meet to discuss your review and sign off on the check-in.
Final check-in and goal setting
Final check-in
1. You will be prompted to complete a self assessment in [email protected] - Performance.
- Guide: Final check-in self assessment step-by-step guide (PDF)
- Video: Final check-in: self assessment (5 minutes, closed captioning available)
2. Your manager will look at your goal progress, make overall comments, and answer two questions about your performance.
- What is the employee doing well that they should continue to do?
- What can the employee change or start doing that would make them more effective?
- Guide: Final check-in manager review guide (PDF)
- Guide: Writing Performance Reviews (PDF)
- Video: Final check-in: manager review (7 minutes, closed captioning available)
3. Your manager will provide a performance rating for your work over the course of the performance year.
- Exceeds Expectations: Performance consistently exceeded expectations in all essential areas of responsibility, and the quality of work overall was excellent to the point of being atypical.
- Achieves Expectations: Performance consistently met expectations in all essential areas of responsibility, at times possibly exceeding expectations, and the quality of work overall was very good.
- Needs Improvement: Performance did not consistently meet expectations and/or approved goals were not met in essential areas of responsibility. Development is recommended to produce expected results.
4. The check-in will be submitted to your manager’s manager, known as your “Next Level Approver.” The Next Level Approver ensures accurate and consistent assessment of employee performance for their area of responsibility.
- Guide: Final check-in next level approver guide (PDF)
- Video: Final check-in: next level approval (5-minutes, closed captions available)
5. You and your manager will meet to discuss your check-in and rating, you will both sign off on the final check-in, and you will review your drafted goals for the next performance year.
Set goals for the next performance cycle
1. Work with your manager to set goals in [email protected] based on your department and school/division’s priorities.
- Guide: How to enter or update goals in [email protected] - Employees (PDF)
- Refer to the Goal Setting page for in-depth help with setting your goals.
2. Once you submit goals in [email protected], your manager will be prompted to approve them.
3. Goals can be edited, added, and/or cancelled at any point in [email protected] Any changes will prompt manager approval.
2022-2023 Performance Dates
Midpoint Check-in | October - November |
Final Check-In | |
Self Assessment Begins | April 13 |
Self Assessment Due | April 19* |
Manager Review Due | May 3 |
Next Level Approval Due | May 10 |
Ratings released | June 22 |
Managers and employees meet to discuss performance, sign off on reviews, and set goals | June 22 - July 6 |
Manager Training - 2023 Performance Management Basics for Managers
Talent and Organizational Development (TOD) offers training sessions to support managers during the final check-in.
Once you have registered for a training session, you can access the the training via your transcript in the Talent@GW system:
Date | Time | Link to virtual session |
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Register for this session |
Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m. | Register for this session |
Monday, April 17, 2023 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Register for this session |
Employee Training - 2023 Performance Basics for Employees
Talent and Organizational Development (TOD) offers training sessions to support employees during the final check-in.
Once you have registered for a training session, you can access the the training via your transcript in the Talent@GW system:
Date | Time | Link to virtual session |
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Register for this session |
Friday, April 7, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Register for this session |
Monday, April 10, 2023 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Register for this session |
Office Hours
Office hours are drop-in and open to all. TOD will be available to answer questions on the performance management process and using the Talent@GW system. When joining a virtual office hour session, please click on the link for the webex at that date and time. If you're asked for a password, please enter "performance" (all lowercase, without the quotation marks).
Date | Time | Link to virtual session |
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Join the session |
Monday, April 25, 2023 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Join the session |
Who to contact with questions
Please contact the HR Business Partner for your division or school with any questions related to the Performance Management process or the Introductory Employment Period (IEP). Your HR Business Partner can provide guidance, help you resolve issues, and collect any paperwork related to the IEP.