Single Best Tool To Predict Peak Performance
It’s a commonly held goal to hire good employees and keep those great team members onboard.
Dave Mitchell thinks there is one–the job description.
“The single most important tool to predict peak performance is a very well developed job description,” he says.
Mitchell founded The Leadership Difference after two decades in corporate HR management. While working with companies of all industries across the country, he’s developed metrics to measure peak performance.
“Go blow the dust off your job description book, or maybe first make sure you have job descriptions,” he says. “The next step is to update those job descriptions with necessary legal considerations. And third, make sure those job descriptions are good for the roles.”
Mitchell says he defines “good” job descriptions as those that aren’t just what the job does, but explain to the degree the employee is expected to do it.
“If you provide that level of detail, you’ve got a recruiting tool, a training tool, a performance appraisal tool, and an alignment tool. It makes one What if there was one tool to focus on using to achieve the best recruitment and retention? document serve multiple purposes and makes sure you have everything covered,” he says.
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