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Developing Great People Performance – The Four Performance Essentials

Great businesses are made up of great people doing great things. Maximising the return from your people investment is critical to ongoing business success and profitability, particularly during ‘difficult’ economic times.

‘Managing’ and improving people performance therefore should be at the heart of the business activities of any progressive organisation.

Developing great people performance requires us to balance the needs and development of our people, with the needs of the organisation.

Developing great people performance is partly about how well those in leadership and management roles behave and operate. It also about how ‘enabling’ the policies, procedures and processes are within the organisation.

For some, performance management is a machine that is ‘wheeled out’ when performance is not to the standard we want or need it to be. In best practice terms, this could not be further from the truth. Performance management is not a sporadic activity; it is a continuous ‘way of life’ for the truly great organisation, and truly great people manager.

It's important to recognise a fundamental fact: that everyone is capable of exceptional effort, productivity and performance. Where people fail to perform in any respect it is only because one or more of the four performance essentials were not sufficiently prevalent.

New Chapter have teamed up with the business and training consultancy People Development Works to help clients improve the way they retain and develop their people. We have developed a simple and effective model and approach for helping businesses develop performance more easily. We call it ‘The Four Performance Essentials’.

Over the next four issues, we will identify and provide tips on each of these four essentials for great performance.

Making the most of the first six months in a new role

So you’ve secured a great new position – Congratulations!

The next few months will be crucial in determining how your career will develop at your new company. Numerous factors including the economic climate and increasing competition mean that today's new employees are expected to contribute to a company from the outset.

It is expected that you fit in culturally, perform to high standards and ensure your efforts are noticed by the right people. So to help you on your way, click here for our guide to help you to make the most of your new role, including some tips on securing that next promotion!

Hot Jobs

National Account Manager – Grocery/Retail	Group Marketing Director	MS&P Director
London based	London Based	South East Based
c£45,000 + excellent bonus	£ Attractive Package	£75,000 to £95,000 basic, 50% bonus, car allowance & benefits
Global Ethics are one of the most inspiring FMCG businesses to work for. Not for profit and a registered charity, they make a difference to the lives of thousands of people in disadvantaged communities. Find out more	A fantastic role with a seat on the board. We need you to develop a strategic marketing plan for all operating entities of Global Ethics Ltd. Find out more	Hovis have been the country’s most famous bakers and an integral part of British life for over 120 years. The Hovis brand is now the fourth biggest Grocery brand in the UK and is worth over £450m. Find out more
Senior Business Manager - Out of Home	Interim Food Technologist – Chilled	Business Unit Leader
Home based	South East	Home based/Midlands
£ Attractive salary and benefits package	£39,000 - £61,000 plus package	Attractive salary
Currently the second largest tea company in the world, Tata Beverage Group aims to become the global leader in ‘good for you’ drinks. Find out more	Interim Food Technologist to cover a maternity leave within the chilled food category of Waitrose. Find out more	With the support of a multi-million pound organisation, and products found in every household this fast growth business are strengthening their Management team with a Senior National Account Manager/ Business Leader. Find out more

These are some of the roles we are working on right now. For a full list of our vacancies click here to go to our website or call us on 0845 2000 741.

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