To General Managers and Regional Functional Heads
From Martin Liou – Regional Managing Director, SEA Sub-Region
Subject 2016 OBJECTIVE SETTING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Now is the time to begin to write 2016 objectives and guide your employees through the objective-setting process, keeping in mind their development goals as you do so.
It is critical that these objectives align to our AmwayNEXT goals. It is important to help your downlines to be able to see that what they do impacts the success of the region and enterprise. Please keep that in mind as you discuss objective setting with them.
Setting appropriate objectives is of utmost importance since this will drive downlines’ efforts and actions. Please ensure to include “collaborative” and “team” objectives beyond job specific objectives.
Objectives are open in Employee Central and should be entered by Friday, February 26, 2016.
Performance objectives are the foundation of our performance management process and a key element of a performance-driven culture. You can help drive employee sustainable engagement when you:
• Link their objectives to organizational strategies and goals so they understand how their work contributes to company performance in a meaningful way.
• Align and prioritize resources within the team and across functions to create objectives that build teamwork and foster collaboration.
• Consider employees’ strengths, career aspirations and development goals when setting objectives, so they can learn and grow from their current role and satisfy our business needs at the same time.
• Think how you will stretch and develop employees through the objectives as you assign.
• Help employees understand specific competencies and connect how those will enable successful achievement of objectives.
Objectives need to be outcome-based and appropriate for an employee’s level. Involve each one in determining outcomes and leverage their experience and encourage innovation. Objectives can be agile and flexible as the business needs change throughout the year. Plan to meet at least Quarterly to check in on progress.
Refer to this Objective Setting Worksheet to help you establish outcome focused performance objectives that link to business strategy and support employee development.
It is found on Amway University>Leadership Academy>Performance Management.
Objectives should be tied to an employee’s career and development goals. Take any opportunity to begin having conversations with your employees about their aspirations and how to set realistic goals to achieve them. These discussions will help identify areas of focus and on-the-job development opportunities for you to consider when determining the work you assign and finalizing objectives. Reference the Guide to Everyday Performance Conversations for more tips on how to foster and strengthen performance and employee engagement one conversation at a time.
To access the objective module in Employee Central, select “Objectives” from the drop-down menu in the upper left corner. For additional help, reference the “Help & Tutorials” tab in the Objectives module.
Other related resources, available in Amway University, include this tip sheet for
Writing Effective Objectives and a short recorded overview of the dates, facts and best practices when establishing performance objectives.
Development plans should also be created and ready for implementation by April 8, 2016. Please contact Human Resources with any questions.
Thank you for your hard work and I am looking forward to a great 2016 with all of you.