Eliminating Performance Review Obstacles - Asian Art Museum Success Story

Overcoming obstacles in the performance review process is not difficult when the appropriate tools are in place to ensure a highly effective and efficient experience for all involved. So many organizations struggle to drive performance management into their cultures that we thought we would share one of our client’s success stories with you. Our client case studies are brief, one page summaries that tell a story of success in creating a successful performance management culture.

Please enjoy the attached case study and let us know if you would like to learn more about how ReviewSNAP™ can be integrated easily and seamlessly into your performance management culture. Give us a call at 1-800-516-5849 to talk with us or to schedule a no obligation online demo of the ReviewSNAP™ system. Or go to www.reviewsnap.com and request your live demo there. Remember that we will never put pressure on you to buy anything.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hi during the recent HR Technology Conference in Chicago and the HR Southwest Conference in Fort Worth. We enjoyed meeting you and look forward to working with you in the future. The response was outstanding and many of you have already scheduled your demo and/or have subscribed. Thank you!

If you didn't have a chance to visit us at these conferences, give us a call at 800-516-5849 to schedule your "live" online demo of the ReviewSNAP performance management system.

The "We Care" Factor

We hear a lot of positive things about our performance management solution and it is interesting to hear some of the things that employees say about having our system in place within their organizations. One of the most interesting and frequent comments we hear is the notion that having a system such as ReviewSNAP in place shows employees that their employer truly cares about them and their development.

This isn't necessarily a prophetic theory, but is does serve to reinforce the need to pay close attention to employee feedback, coaching, development and goal achievement. Employers that have clumsy and inefficient manual systems or no formal review or feedback process at all in place send a not so subtle message to employees that reviewing their performance or creating a formal feedback mechanism just isn't that important. Employees often judge the employer's level of caring about employees on a number of factors and this seems to be one of them.

When an organization puts a system such as ReviewSNAP in place, the employees tend to feel that their employer cares enough about them and their colleagues to spend the time and money to put in place a tool to create a robust feedback and review environment. In their minds, they believe the organization is committed to its employees and their development. When the use of the system is driven into the culture and managers and supervisors do a good job with regular feedback and performance evaluation, a boost in employee morale and productivity often follows.

Employees don't want to feel ignored and not having a user-friendly, automated performance management solution in place can limit the ability of managers and supervisors to do a good enough job of interfacing with employees on a routine basis as it relates to their performance. This may lead to a feeling of being ignored which we all know can have detrimental results.

Join Us At HR Technology Conference

ReviewSNAP will be an exhibitor at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago on September 29th and 30th. Stop by to say hi and to learn more about the premier Web-based performance management system.

Emmy Awards Chooses ReviewSNAP™ As Its Performance Management System

ReviewSNAP™, the premier Web-based performance management system, announced today The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has selected the ReviewSNAP Performance Management System as the tool it will use to strengthen its commitment to high levels of staff performance and engagement. The Television Academy is best known for its management and production of the Emmy Awards. It has a long history of identifying excellence in the field of television production, directing and acting and places significant value on excellence within its organization.

Gregory Sims, Director, Human Resources of the Television Academy said that the decision to use the ReviewSNAP system to help provide the framework for achieving and sustaining excellence among its staff was an easy one. “We looked at several of the most popular Web-based performance management systems and ReviewSNAP had everything we needed and was very user- friendly. It had modules and tools that matched our requirements and we are excited to implement this outstanding tool in our organization.”

ReviewSNAP has a number of highly visible clients as annual subscribers and David Arringdale, President of ReviewSNAP, said that “We have developed a very robust on-demand performance management system that works equally well for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. We appeal to a broad user base and the Television Academy is certainly a very well known and highly visible organization that further solidifies our position as the leader in Web-based performance management solutions. We are impressed with the Television Academy’s management team and their commitment to excellence which mirrors our commitment to outstanding quality and service.”

The Television Academy will utilize ReviewSNAP's performance review and 360 degree feedback modules to track goals, measure and document performance, provide a foundation for coaching and development and to create an infrastructure for staff accountability and excellence.” Gregory said that “ReviewSNAP is an excellent tool for allowing their organization to really build a framework around which we can automate everything related to performance management and make the entire process very efficient, user-friendly and effective.”

Thank You from ReviewSNAP

To All Who Visited Us at the SHRM Conference:

I want to thank you for stopping by our booth at the SHRM conference in San Diego and hope you had an enriching and rewarding experience at the conference. We are honored to have been a part of such a well managed and respected event. Our booth was extremely busy and we hope we were able to answer all of your questions and provide all of the information you were looking for.

The high level of interest and requests for demos was a strong indicator of the fast growing recognition that ReviewSNAP is the premier Web-based performance management system. And it was extremely gratifying to hear so many glowing comments about the system and our level of service.

Again, thank you for visiting with us and we look forward to working with all of you in the future.

Dave Arringdale
President
ReviewSNAP

ReviewSNAP Version 2.0 Has Gone Live!

ReviewSNAP Version 2.0 is now live! Version 2.0 will make your performance management process more simple and streamlined while giving you access to even more robust tools. Below is a partial list of enhancements that come with Version 2.0 and what functions those enhancements offer:

-Import for mass creation of 360 Degree Surveys - In the previous version, you were only able to create 360 degree surveys individually. But this addition will give you the ability to set up an unlimited number of surveys at once.

-Email notifications to employees for goal changes - To better keep employees up to date on their goals, the system will automatically send notifications to them anytime a change has been made to their goals regardless of who made the change.

-Sorting individual competencies - In the prior version, you could only sort the order of the entire competency groups, but this enhancement will allow you to sort the individual competencies as well.

-Quantitative goal tracking - You will be able to create and update quantitative goals while the system calculates and gives you a percentage that will represent progress toward completion of the goal.

-Select sign-off order - Not every organization has the same sign-off order for their review process and currently the default order of the eSignature sign-off is Manager(s), HR staff, and then employee. This adjustment will allow you to resort the sign-off order as necessary to fit your process.

-New review form design - To give our review PDF's a more neutral and formal look, we have redesigned the look of the forms. They will show the same information, but look a bit different.

-Images for eSignatures - This will give you the ability to upload or import images of each employee's signature. The image you upload will show up on any review an employee signs off on.

-Split screen option - Anytime you are doing a performance review or 360 degree survey you will be able to split the screen and pull up any past reviews, self-reviews, 360 degree surveys, journal entries, etc. to view as you are doing the review or 360 degree survey. This will eliminate the need to print anything out or toggle back and forth between different screens.

-Additional statistics dashboard reports - Multiple reports have been added to the statistics dashboard for both performance reviews and 360 degree feedback.

Visit Us At SHRM Annual Conference

We'll be exhibiting at the SHRM Annual Conference in San Diego between the dates of June 27th and June 29th. Stop by booth 412 and we can talk more about your specific performance management needs and how ReviewSNAP can meet those needs.


Several of our Account Managers will be available at the booth to answer your questions and to demonstrate the system if you would like to see it in more detail. So, if you'll be attending the SHRM Annual Conference, don't leave town without stopping by to say hi.

ReviewSNAP To Announce Launch Version 2.0 At Society Of Human Resources Management Annual Conference and Exposition

ReviewSNAP™, a leading supplier of a Web-based performance management system, today announced plans to launch Version 2.0 of the system at the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego June 27-30, 2010. Version 2.0 will introduce an array of new enhancements adding to the already streamlined and robust system used by more than 450 businesses and nonprofit organizations worldwide. The new and updated features will help employers assure that reviews will be completed on time and accurately, maximize the potential of their employees, create the most effective performance reviews and 360 degree surveys, and customize the system to meet their performance management needs.

Just a few of the ReviewSNAP Version 2.0 enhancements include:

• Goal Progress Management: Users will not only be able to include quantitative goals, but will now be able to automatically track the percentage of completion.
• 360 Degree Survey Time Savings Step: The ability to set up an unlimited number of 360 degree surveys by importing critical employee and rater data.
• Split Screen Efficiency Option: Users will have the ability to complete a review on an employee while also viewing another screen that shows helpful information used in completing a thorough review such as past reviews, self-reviews, 360 degree surveys, and journal entries completed on the employee.
• Flexible Sign-off Order: Not all companies re adjust the order of quire signatures in the same order. This function allows everyone to the signatures to meet their needs.

“ReviewSNAP’s Version 2.0 enhancements will make the system one of the most robust on-demand performance solutions available at an affordable price,” said Dave Arringdale, President of ReviewSNAP. “Organizations that use ReviewSNAP are able to reduce human resources and managerial staff time with their employee performance processes and we are excited to launch our new tools that will make the system even more streamlined and simple to use for organizations.”

All three of the ReviewSNAP modules; performance review, 360 degree feedback and compensation tracking are included in the Version 2.0 enhancements and all will be unveiled at the SHRM conference. To learn more about the upcoming enhancements come and visit us at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego at booths 412 and 414.

T+D Magazine: Taking The Formality Out Of Performance Reviews

Take a look at the article featuring ReviewSNAP on page 18.