Low Employee Performance

Low Employee Performance

1. Professional expertise

   • Why do I and my experienced colleagues think there is low employee performance
   • Have I see this before? What happened
   • What are my personal beliefs about the causes of low performances?
   • What's worked to improve performance in the past and why?
   • What are my hunches?
   • What do I think are the causes and possible solutions?
   • Is this situation occurring elsewhere?
   • How relevant and applicable is my experience?

2. Organizational data

   • What actually is the performance level?
   • What type of poor performance and where?
   • What are local explanations for poor performance
   • What performance management is currently in place and is it working?
   • What do managers think is happening?
   • What are the possible costs and benefits of interventions? Is it worth intervening here?
   • What is happening or what is going to happen that might be affecting performance?

3. Scientific research findings

   • How relevant and applicable is that evidence here?
   • What are the average levels of employee performance in my sector and location - is the performance level really 'low'?
   • What does systematically reviewed research evidence suggest to be the major causes of poor performance?
   • what does research evidence from systematic reviews suggest as effective interventions to increase employee performance?
   • How well might the interventions the research describes work here?

4. Stakeholders' vales and concerns

   • How do employees feel about their work performance
   • What do employees feel about the proposed interventions?
   • Do they see downsides or unintended negative consequences?
   • How do managers feel about the performance interventions?
   • How practical do those responsible for implementing the interventions feel they are?
   • What alternative explanations and proposed solutions for poor performance do others have?