Lisa First-Willis

Year-Round Employee Evaluations

It’s the third quarter and company leaders across all industries are beginning to plan for the new year. An important part of planning is forecasting talent gaps and budgets related to payroll and bonus structures. It is curious, however, that many companies are...

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How to Ensure Rater Reliability

Ongoing evaluations are critical to driving performance and engaging employees. While data and observation are key to an effective evaluation, evaluations can also be influenced by a person’s mood and recent experience, which could negatively impact what otherwise...

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Management Coaching

In most businesses, managers are bosses. They aren’t leaders and they certainly aren’t coaches. What’s the difference? Management is a task- and process-oriented role focused on supervising and getting things done. While coaching focuses on employee development....

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Upskilling with Internal Talent

Too often, managers assume they must make external hires to upskill their team. This approach can not only result in low morale, but it also can overlook internal candidates with promising potential for future growth. For employees to be motivated and engaged, they...

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Pulse Checks for Employees

Employee needs evolve and managers must be in-tune to these changes in order to engage their team effectively. Managers can’t assume to know what employees need or want; trusted two-way communication with frequent pulse checks is the best way to ensure employees...

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Performance Evaluations with Context

Evaluations are great ways to document performance and productivity. With the Truvelop app, we make it easy for managers to routinely evaluate employees and even provide employees the option to request an evaluation. However, evaluations can lack context, so they...

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Data and Performance Evaluation

Performance evaluation is more than an indicator for an annual raise or bonus. Employee performance can be monitored, redirected and improved. Team dynamics and talent challenges can be impacted when low- or high-performing employees are not nurtured and engaged....

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