State of Performance Enablement
Betterworks’ annual global State of Performance Enablement reports deliver original research to help HR leaders and their organizations understand the impacts of performance management on employees and drive better results.
Discover the Trends
Responses from over 2,000 executives, HR leaders, managers, and employees in the U.S. and U.K. reveal the trends and issues to give HR leaders data-driven insights needed to improve workforce and organizational outcomes.
Over the past three years, these benchmark reports have exposed the disconnects between employees and leadership when it comes to performance management, how employee sentiments affect performance, and the elements of performance that organizations can focus on to improve performance and retain employees.
2 in 5
employees say their performance management fails.
2 in 3
managers need help delivering performance management and supporting career development.
HCMs are 70%
more effective for performance management when paired with a purpose-built solution.
Boost Employee Retention and Engagement
Modern performance management (aka performance enablement) is a central player in helping organizations retain talented employees and create a culture where they are empowered, engaged, and productive.
You can support employees by providing meaningful career development tied to performance, helping them align their performance goals with your organization’s strategic business goals, and building trust through a performance management process employees view as transparent and fair.
- Career development and coaching
- Agile goal-setting and the power of conversations
- Building an Equitable Workplace
Avoiding the Engagement and Retention Cliff
8 Ways to Support Employee Career Growth
Avoid the Engagement and Retention Cliff Through Career Development
How Performance Enablement Prevents Employee Turnover
How Goal-Setting Drives Employee Engagement and Retention
How Goals and Conversations Empower Employee Performance
How to Increase Employee Engagement and Retention
Focusing on Fairness to Close the Trust Gap
7 Ways to Build More Trustworthy Performance Management
Improving Organizational Culture by Closing the Trust Gap Through Fairness
Strengthen your Managers
Middle managers are the glue that holds your organization together — serving as the bridge between leadership’s vision and strategic direction, and the execution of these by employees.
They serve as guides, coaches, and connectors. Properly empowered, supported, and trained, managers are the bellwethers of flourishing organizations.
Revolutionize performance management for a more engaged and productive workforce.
Your Technology Matters
The data is clear: Using the right technology to manage performance is the difference between taking off and tanking. Our 2024 State of Performance Enablement shows that using a performance management module that’s part of a human capital management (HCM) platform is often little to no better than manual solutions like spreadsheets.
Purpose-built, best-of-breed performance management solutions — either integrated with an HCM or not — deliver superior outcomes. See the 2024 State of Performance Enablement report and learn more below.
Your Technology Matters
The data is clear: Using the right technology to manage performance is the difference between taking off and tanking. Our 2024 State of Performance Enablement shows that using a performance management module that’s part of a human capital management (HCM) platform is often little to no better than manual solutions like spreadsheets.
Purpose-built, best-of-breed performance management solutions — either integrated with an HCM or not — deliver superior outcomes. See the 2024 State of Performance Enablement report and learn more below.
Stay in the Know
Check out these additional resources to stay current with performance enablement topics and to learn how Betterworks can help your organization thrive.
State of Performance Enablement: Bridging the Leadership-Employee Disconnect webinar
People Fundamentals weekly newsletter
Our Resources Library for more performance enablement insights
Explore the previous reports
2023
Global HR Research Report: The State of Performance Enablement
2022
The State of Performance Enablement Research Report