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Maximise workforce productivity with performance management software

Performance management software helps you support and retain your best and brightest people. Develop workforce talent with tailored, intuitive performance management tools from Sage - designed with small and medium-sized businesses in mind.

Sage HR and Sage People are driving staff development and motivation for brands like:

Benefits of performance appraisal software

Explore the benefits of performance management software for small and medium-sized UK businesses.

Develop and retain your talent

Performance review software can help you arrange personalised assessments that guide employees in their career development. It tracks their strengths and weaknesses, aligning individual skills with the company's strategic priorities. By growing and developing employee skillsets, companies enhance job satisfaction and improve talent retention.

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Set goals for employees and teams

Performance management software matches goals to broad objectives, promoting continuous growth. Set achievable goals more easily with real-time tracking and feedback, and reshape targets to adapt to changing business needs.

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Actionable feedback for your team

Performance management software simplifies data collection with built-in templates, allowing you to accumulate actionable feedback that accurately outlines your employees’ accomplishments, potential and areas to develop. Streamline the 360 feedback process to save time and gain consistent, unbiased insights into your team dynamics.

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Holistic view of company performance

Future-proof your business with the people and skills needed for tomorrow. Monitor abilities and skills-gaps to provide tailored growth plans for team and individuals. Integrate performance metrics across teams and departments, eliminating the challenges caused by siloed company-wide data. This facilitates real-time reports guiding data driven decisions and actionable development strategies.

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Performance management software features

Here are the key features of our HR and performance management software that can help transform employee performance at your organisation.

Constructive performance reviews

Give actionable and objective feedback using templates built into our performance review software.

Goals and OKRs

Use performance evaluation software to align individual objectives and key results (OKRs) with company goals.

Team feedback

Channel structured, real-time comments from peers and managers for comprehensive and balanced insights.

One-to-one management

Schedule, document and track one-on-one meetings, fostering open communication and employee growth.

Skills library

Fine tune the list of skills your operation depends on for easier monitoring and updating of staff capabilities.

Our performance management review software

Our employee performance management software is perfect for mid-sized and growing businesses. Start exploring our solutions today.

Sage HR

Flexible HR modules for small and mid-sized businesses.

For small to medium sized businesses that want a modular HR system that will simplify processes across the end-to-end employment journey.

  • Simplified end-to-end HR system that’s easy to administrate
  • Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses
  • Modular design, pricing and setup
  • Ready to go out of the box, no implementation required
  • Establish a single source of truth for all your employee data
  • Automate people processes to reduce admin and improve productivity
  • Easy to navigate employee self-serve for better employee experience
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Sage People

Flexible HR solution for global businesses with 500+ employees.

For medium sized businesses that want to manage global or multi-locational teams from a single, scalable cloud system.

  • Highly configurable HR and people solution managed by your HR team
  • Core HR, attendance and leave, performance and talent management, compensation management with additional recruitment module available
  • Built on Salesforce, an enterprise grade platform
  • Team of implementation experts to get maximum value, followed by a dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • Meet multi-national, multi-currency and multi-locational employee requirements
  • Advanced workflows and configurable reporting to meet specific business requirements
  • Customisable branding and content per business area for personalised employee self-serve

Karen Frye 
Chief Personnel Officer, Community Counselling Services

"Sage People reduced the performance review process by 96% as well as ensuring 100% accuracy."

Performance management software FAQs

Performance management software is a tool for streamlining and enhancing the process of evaluating employee performance and efficiency. It helps organisations set clear goals, track progress, and gather comprehensive feedback. By centralising performance data, the software allows managers to efficiently conduct reviews, monitor employee achievements, and align individual objectives with company-wide goals.
 
This software also supports continuous feedback, promoting open communication and helping HR staff guide employees in their career development. Insights from advanced features like goal tracking, OKRs, and real-time analytics, enable managers to correctly assess the trajectory of each employee.

Performance management software can be a useful tool for any type of business with a growing team of employees. Whether they are based in one office, across many locations, or working remotely, you can keep on top of managing performance to help your people succeed.
 
Software for performance management can be an especially powerful tool for medium-sized businesses, growing organisations, and big companies with many managers and large, complex teams. A fair and consistent approach to appraisals, professional development, and rewards is crucial so staying on top of this with reliable software can alleviate the challenges of people management at scale.

The cost of performance review software can vary significantly depending on several factors, such as: the range of features offered; the number of employees using the system (considering that most vendors use a per-employee pricing model); the length of the contract; and the level of support included in the package. 
 
Basic plans using Sage HR with the performance management module enabled start at as little as £6.90 per employee, per month (+VAT). 
 
Enterprise plans using Sage People can vary in price. Sage People can cater to more complex and bespoke performance management requirements, with the option of custom quotes for specific needs.
 
Depending on your budget, the value derived from improved performance, increased engagement and reduced administrative burden could easily justify the cost of a more comprehensive product or service.

Whereas employee performance management tools track and support staff members' performance and development, corporate (or business) performance management software is designed to help (typically larger) companies in monitoring and improving their overall business activities, strategies, and performance.

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We'd be happy to answer any questions you have about our HR and performance management tools, or help you explore which solution is the best fit for your business.