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Performance Development Cycle and Timelines
The performance cycle is:
Goal Setting | Apr 1st - Jun 30th |
Performance Check-in Conversation |
Sep 1st - Oct 31st |
Performance Review Conversation |
Feb 1st - Mar 31st |
Steps in the Performance Development Cycle
- Goal setting
- Manager and employee meet and agree on goals and objectives
- Employee enters goals and objectives into My HR Connection
- Manager reviews and approves employee goals and objectives
- Mid-Cycle Performance Conversation
- Employee performs self assessment and enters comments for discussion
- Manager review and feedback discussion
- Annual Performance Development Conversation
- Employee self assessment and enters comments for discussion
- Manager review, rating, and feedback discussion
- Employee sign-off
Log in to My HR Connection
My HR Connection is an integrated platform that supports Recruiting/Hiring, Job Postings and Performance Development.
Access My HR Connection to:
- See internal job postings
- Participate in hiring committees
- Set performance goals, update goal status, assess your progress toward your goals, provide feedback, and access your reviews
Log in using your:
- Banner ID
- Network Password
Begin using your Action Items as your starting point
Six Conditions of High Performance
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Purpose - My work matters
There are different kinds of purpose:
- Task-related purpose: I know my work counts, so my efforts aren't wasted or excessive.
- Collective purpose: I can see how my work combines with others to create something none of us could achieve alone.
- Social purpose: I recognize that my work makes a worthwhile contribution beyond the success of our organization.
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Challenge - It's demanding
The greatest challenges are:
- Just out of reach: If your goal is just out of reach and you're not sure how you are going to achieve it, then you probably have an appropriate stretch goal.
- Aligned: Consider how your individual goals are aligned to your personal strengths and motivations, as well as the organization strategy and the goals of your team, department, and Faculty.
- Always up for review: The world around us is constantly changing, which means that our goals should be reviewed and possibly updated throughout the year.
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Growth - I'm getting better
We grow faster when we have:
- A Growth Mindset: I believe that I can get better, and I believe the same of my colleagues.
- A role that plays to our strengths: I am doing work that aligns to my aptitudes and uses my skills.
- Sight of better prospects: I can see that by getting better now, I'm more likely to attain something that matters to me in the future.
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Choice - I can decide
We keep our performance high when we choose to:
- Create social support: build a strong network of technical, emotional, and practical support.
- Adopt an optimistic outlook: Interpret challenges as short-term, and a source of insight.
- Focus on what's in our control: Draw on inner strength and grit to maintain effort and interest over time to sustain performance in spite of setbacks.
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Recognition - It's worth the effort
We feel most appreciated when recognition is:
- Fair: Above all, recognition is based on clear criteria and applied consistently across my peers.
- About me: Recognition is about me and what I did to contribute, not about the person giving it, the mood they happen to be in, or the kind of people they like.
- Differentiated: The difference between recognizing above-and-beyond performance and day-to-day work is proportional.
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Attention - You know how I'm doing
Feedback, positive or constructive, that makes the biggest difference includes the following:
- Situation: Context is provided and includes specific details such as when and where the event occurred.
- Behaviour: Describe the behaviour objectively. Say what was observed.
- Impact: Relate how the behaviour impacted you or others. Why does it matter? Who did it affect?
Get Support
For system support please contact hrsystems@ontariotechu.ca
For program support please contact performance@ontariotechu.ca
For recruiting/hiring support please contact HRrecruitment@ontariotechu.ca