Create Employee Performance Dashboards To Provide Instant Performance Feedback

Today’s best managers know the importance of having easy-to-read measures of employee success that provide instant feedback about employee performance. Many companies call such measures “dashboards,” which are named after the dashboard of a vehicle. The dashboard of a car provides the driver with instant information about all of the most important measures, such as fuel, speed, miles traveled, etc. Employee dashboards should also contain measures of the most important employee performance information and should be displayed in one, easy-to-see location so that employees will know when they are on track and when they need to pull over and fix a problem.

Source: Malik, S. 2008. Dashboards: Use them to create a culture of accountability. Leadership Excellence, 25/4, p. 16.

Information From Personality Tests Found to Be A Valid and Reliable Employee Decision Tool

Some managers believe that employee decisions should not be based on personality measurements. These managers feel that personality tests can be faked, and don’t provide accurate, valid, or reliable information for managers to use. However, today’s best managers know that there is considerable evidence supporting the use of personality measurements for understanding, explaining and predicting employee work attitudes and organizational behaviors. Employee faking does not seem to ruin the validity of personality tests. In addition, today’s best managers use personality tests completed by employees and tests completed by observers of employees to get even better information.

Source: Ones, D. S., Dilchert, S., Viswesvaran, C., & Judge, T. A. 2008. In support of personality assessment in organizational settings. Personnel Psychology, 60, 995-1027.