Best In Class Performance Management
The 15/Five Project
Performance management at Ventient was historically paper based, administration heavy, and did not support our people – let’s be honest it was not effective. But as Ventient grew exponentially so was the need for a more sophisticated programme that could ultimately be the main driver in creating and fostering high performance and empowering our people to take control of their performance, development, and careers.
A performance management system should ensure the achievement of overall organisational goals and ambitions while aligning them with and across teams, and at an individual employee level. In this way, performance management and business objectives entwine with the wellness and morale of our people. Performance, development, and careers are not ‘once a year’ events but an ongoing dialogue that creates an atmosphere of trust, support, and encouragement.
Led by Katie Ni Churraoin and Alexandra Leal, the HR team found the solution ‘15/Five’, a performance management tool where you can: provide ‘360’ information, record organisation, team and individual objectives, conduct ongoing ‘check ins’ with line managers and direct reports, give ‘High 5s’ to your peers, request feedback, complete engagement surveys and manage the year end performance process.
Implemented in 2021, 15/Five is successfully being used to motivate, support career progression, encourage and drive learning and development whilst creating a transparent approach to performance and recognition through peer to peer ‘high 5s’. Some of the immediate advantages for the business have been in its ease of use, access, and efficiency; allowing administrative time to be cut significantly. It has also offered a consistent method across all the countries Ventient operates in, ensuring a uniform approach to performance.
Commenting on the success of the project, Katie Ni Churraoin said: “We’ve been delighted at how effective 15/Five has been in allowing HR and the business to provide a transparent scorecard system that can truly drive high performance. This tool has significantly improved individuals, teams and the business’s abilities to manage performance more easily and effectively and we hope that the openness of this tool helps to build successful career paths within Ventient going forward’.
