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A few years ago I read an article about how employees hate evaluations and supervisors hate having to do them. It went on to claim that not only do we procrastinate, but when we do get around to doing them, 90 percent do more harm than good. Employee engagement, YEI style The annual employee evaluation is outdated and might just do more harm than good. Try something new. Try something better.
Jim Tull ENGINEERING INSIGHTS
May of 2015, I approached our board to ask for a fairly radical change. I wanted to eliminate annual evaluations and the Employee of the Quarter program, which one of our smaller offices referred to as the, “But it was John’s turn to get it this quarter” program. My idea was to replace them “Let’s face it, our industry, by and large, is resistant to change. However, the incoming new, younger workforce communicates differently than those that have been around for 20 or more years.”
Throughout more than 20 years as CFO at Crafton Tull (Best Firm Multi Discipline #43 for 2015), I have seen changes in the market, technological advancements, unprecedented growth, economic downturns, etc. The one mainstay is our dedicated, talented employees. Let’s face it, our industry, by and large, is resistant to change. However, the incoming new, younger workforce communicates differently than those that have been around for 20 or more years. With this in mind, one of my first actions upon assuming the role of leading human resources was to Google ideas on new and effective ways to promote employee recruitment and retention. Through this search I found a software service called YouEarnedIt! and requested a demo. I was hooked.
See JIM TULL, page 12
When we completed our strategic planning in
THE ZWEIG LETTER October 24, 2016, ISSUE 1173
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