OKRs has gained massive popularity in all parts of the world owing to the fact that they hold immense potential to elevate the performance levels of an organization if done correctly.  But, the real challenge comes when people of the organization actually sit down to figure the OKRs.  “Who should do it?” is the first […] The post Part 4 of OKR-Misconceptions: Only Leaders can set OKRs for everyone in the organization appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

When we talk about OKRs, the first thing that we focus on is how the biggies of the world like Google, Amazon, Intel, Netflix etc have used OKRs and found success. When we start with such big companies, somehow doubt creeps whether OKRs are only meant for companies with huge workforce and humongous revenue. So […] The post Part 3 of OKR-Misconceptions: Only Large Organizations can adopt OKRs appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

With OKRs being the talk of the performance management town, it is mostly being used as a buzzword rather than people trying to understand its actual capability and what to expect from this tool. Many leaders and OKRs enthusiasts confuse OKRs with a performance evaluation tool. The answer to this is OKRs are not an […] The post Part 2 of OKR-Misconceptions: Linking Rewards with OKRs appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

“Some work done between 2 teams are interlinked. Until one team finishes their task, the other team cannot start theirs. How will this be taken care of in OKRs? ” This is one of the most common questions we get asked by most OKRs first-timers as well as a few experienced folks. But, is this […] The post Part 1 of OKR-misconceptions Series: Being treated as a Task Management Tool appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

You work relentlessly throughout the year, making your customers happy with the best service you can provide, and your performance score looks great. One day you receive one complaint from a customer and baam! it hurts your performance score harder than losing your most precious possession. Welcome to the world of Zero-target goals where employees […] The post 12 Experts Speak On Whether Organizations Should Set Zero-Target Goals For The Employees appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

A well planned goal-setting approach makes what it takes to build an effective process and helps an organisation run successfully. The stage of goal settings is the foundation for building an effective performance management system and gives a snapshot of the employees’ health of the organization. We asked the experts, whether the goal settings process should […] The post HR Experts Answer: ‘Should goal settings be a collaborative process?’ appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

What are the parameters for an effective check-in process? How often should it be done? How to ensure more employee engagement through the check-ins? These have been the questions that are haunting the leaders and the managers for months now given the crisis scenario of the world that seems never-ending. In this situation, companies are […] The post Check-Ins Best Practices For The Remote Working Scenario appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

Feedback is a blessing in disguise. It is an art that can be perfected with more and more practice. However, in this trying time of the Covid-19 scenario, the percentage of people working remotely is increasing everyday. With the managers and employees being away from each other the chances of miscommunication see an upsurge as […] The post 7 Ways To Make The Feedback Process More Effective appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

The word ‘measuring’ instantly brings the idea of something related to numbers and figures. However, when talking about measuring human performance, the combination of numbers and intuitive insights are the factors that must be integrated well to determine the overall process. Measuring employee performance can help you set cross-functional team objectives and key results that […] The post Measuring Employee Performance | Find Multiple Monitoring Tools appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more

Like most truisms, the saying ‘the only constant in life is change’ is both obvious and true. In most instances change is gradual, enforced upon us gradually over time, to almost give an illusion of statis. There are rare, once-in-a-lifetime instances though, where change comes abruptly and changes everything we know and assume at a […] The post Performance management in the post corona world appeared first on GroSum Blog ..read more