Think about this NOW, not in January 2010. Here is a typical situation.

Your company promotes people or just moves them into new responsibilities. Being an incredible leader, you now have new people reporting to you. The problem is you only manage these people for three months and then you have to give them an annual review covering the last 12 months!

The answer involves using software like MANAGEtoWIN as your foundational system to more effectively manage your people. Then, should you inherit employees you have instant access to their:

• Annual goals with notes on progress
• Notes on significant activities outside of their goals
• Past performance reviews
• What they are doing to pursue education, volunteer work, certifications, memberships/awards...
• Compensation, attendance, benefits...
• Behavioral assessments, feedback from others...

The bottom line is MANAGEtoWIN provides a system for maintaining a complete, accurate, real-time picture of every employee in your organization. Leaders can better understand the capabilities of their people and thus more fully engage them in achieving their best.

My thanks to Yolanda Underwood of LeadershipOne for sharing how some of her clients did not have any records of employee performance when they inherited people.