Share your Thoughts – Performance Review Taskforce

It is with great excitement that we share the formation of a taskforce to evaluate the staff performance review process at Lawrence University.  This taskforce will be charged with exploring and assessing best practices and emerging trends in performance evaluation and providing recommendations of which will impact all University staff.  The taskforce will include individuals from across campus to provide a diverse perspective.

Topics the taskforce will be asked to provide recommendation of include:

• Frequency
  • How often should performance reviews be completed for Lawrence University staff?
• Timing
  • During what time of the year should performance reviews be completed?  What amount of notice is needed for supervisors to feel these can adequately be completed?  
• Format
  • In what format should performance reviews be completed? How will the performance evaluation be documented?  What, if any, evaluation criteria should performance review documentation contain?  Should a self-assessment be required?
• An Additional Review for Newly Hired Staff
  • Should a performance evaluation for new staff be created?  For example, a 90-day performance evaluation.

Members of the taskforce include:

We encourage you to share your thoughts, ideas, and feedback with any member of the taskforce.  Taskforce members will be asked to bring these items to the meetings.  If you would like to share feedback on a certain aspect of performance reviews, please do so before the dates noted below:

• Frequency – Provide feedback to a taskforce member on this topic before February 13, 2019
• Timing – Provide feedback to a taskforce member on this topic before February 27, 2019
• Format – Provide feedback to a taskforce member on this topic before March 13, 2019
• An Additional Review for Newly Hired Staff – Provide feedback to a taskforce member on this topic before March 27, 2019

We look forward to sharing additional information as this initiative progresses.