Resource roundup: 12 results-focused tools for fixing employee performance problems
July 16th, 2025 Posted by Kimberly Tilar Publications 0 thoughts on “Resource roundup: 12 results-focused tools for fixing employee performance problems”
Employee performance is a constant focus for organizations that expect results. But achieving strong individual outcomes takes more than periodic reviews or general encouragement. It requires clear targets, regular feedback, relevant data, and well-defined processes.
This roundup brings together a full set of tools, guides, and learning materials from The KPI Institute. These references remain relevant across roles and time because they focus on practical action—planning, evaluating, developing, and following up on performance. Whether you’re an HR professional, manager, or business leader, you’ll find clear ways to align employees with goals, track progress, and improve results.
- Employee Performance Evaluation: This session explains how to assess employee performance using objectives, key performance indicators (KPIs), competencies, and behaviors. It includes techniques for linking performance results with compensation and recognition.
- Performance Improvement Essentials: Gain practical techniques for managing performance through data, structured follow-up, and clear accountability. The webinar introduces methods for tracking actions and reviewing progress across business units.
- Understanding Personal Performance: This webinar focuses on individual performance tracking. It provides principles for setting personal goals and using tools and apps for measuring activity, effort, and progress.
- Cross-Cultural Management: Explore key concepts for leading diverse teams, with guidance on navigating cultural dimensions, work style differences, and communication barriers.
- Performance Magazine Issue No. 32, 2025 – Employee Performance Edition: Available as a FREE digital edition, this issue focuses on how culture connects to performance. It explores how systems, behaviors, and everyday practices contribute to consistent outcomes across teams and departments.
- The Employee Performance Management Playbook: In this article, you’ll discover how to integrate individual goals, KPIs, and development plans into daily work through a structured performance planning approach.
- The Human Resources KPI Dictionary: This dictionary presents a detailed structure of KPIs used across major HR areas. It helps with both setting up and refining performance measurement frameworks for departments and roles.
- Top 25 Compensation and Benefits KPIs of 2011–2012: This collection of KPIs remains a valuable reference for anyone designing or refining compensation frameworks. Find some of the most viewed and widely used metrics for pay and benefits—complete with standard definitions, formulas, and practical suggestions.
- Top 25 Retention KPIs of 2011–2012: These retention and engagement metrics continue to offer timeless insights for building long-term staff continuity. The report features key indicators used to track turnover, engagement, and related costs—ideal for guiding or benchmarking today’s HR strategies.
- Individual Performance Management System – Guide: Access a comprehensive framework for building employee performance systems, featuring 15 editable templates like job descriptions, scorecards, and evaluation forms.
- Individual Performance Evaluation and Follow-Up Templates: These templates help track performance activities and support review discussions. Tools include a daily activity log, feedback guide, initiative tracker, development plan, and rewards policy.
- Quick Guides for Developing an IPM System: Support your implementation of performance processes with these step-by-step resources on behavior selection, objective setting, role assignments, and evaluation planning.
These resources give you the structure to plan, track, and improve employee performance across any department or team. Consistent output starts with consistent management!
