Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a compensation and benefits manager.

A Compensation and Benefits Manager is tasked with the primary responsibility for designing, planning and implementing compensation and benefits programs, procedures and policies for all company employees. He/she will also get to manage the company's employee payroll, while also handling any inquiries or complaints that relate to compensation and benefits programs.

Other duties that he or she will get to perform are; reviewing policies and procedures that relate to compensation and benefits, provide recommendation for the various policies, ensuring that the compensation and benefits packages are good enough to retain and hire employees, ensuring that all compensation and benefits package are in line with all legal requirements and ensuring that programs meet employee's needs.

Employee Performance Goals Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

PUBLIC SPEAKING:

Learn to prepare and research well on the topic before delivering the content.

Practice talking in a very clear and concise way so that the audience can understand.

[employee comments goal]
INSPIRING OTHERS:

Encourage and support others during tough times in order to help them see the best in themselves during these difficult times

Stand firm in order to show other employees that even the worst of situations can be overcome by positive thinking

[employee comments goal]
MANAGING AT TEAM:

Learn how to clearly explain to other employees everything from the company's goals to specific tasks

Learn to accept mistakes and failures and devise clear solutions to problems instead of blaming others or pointing fingers

[employee comments goal]
DEPENDABILITY:

Take responsibility for every task given and do the very best

Change for the better when a complaint is raised by any colleague, manager or customer

[employee comments goal]
ASSERTIVENESS:

Acknowledge other people's rights and remember that everyone has a right to exercise own emotions including anger

Explore alternative solutions to problems and look for ways to prevent them in future

[employee comments goal]
EMOTION MANAGEMENT:

Learn to appreciate emotions and avoid excessive criticism of situations

Stop giving in to negative thinking but challenge the negative thoughts by looking for evidence against them

[employee comments goal]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

Think about ways to manage emotions in order to avoid knee-jerk reactions or making off-putting/inappropriate comments

Try to stay uninvolved with office or department conflicts, drama or politics that undermine one's professional behavior

[employee comments goal]
PERSONAL COMMITMENT:

Get rid of temptations such as social media apps in order to become more disciplined and focus on what is important

Believe that one's goal is doable and that one has the skills needed to accomplish it

[employee comments goal]
PRACTICAL THINKING:

Think about the details or different parts of a problem in order to understand and explain it properly

Compare and contrast similar contexts in order to start understanding the differences between them

[employee comments goal]
PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

Use project management tools or techniques to plan and track project performance; learn how to use management methodologies effectively

Provide accurate and timely information regarding tasks, strategies, schedules, plans, and organization structure to stakeholders

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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