Ventana Research is the only dedicated benchmark research and advisory firm to advance performance management across all business functions for the simple purpose of achieving the fullest potential of organizations most valuable asset, your people. The mandate to leverage people and your entire workforce across your business processes and organizations is now a top priority. Executive management has realized that the importance of the people to lead and guide your organization through good and challenging economic environments is only accomplished by ensuring the right investments, information to assess and technology to improve the potential performance of the organizations.

Ventana Research undertook comprehensive benchmark research into performance management for talent management, looking at its people, process, information and technology components. In particular, we believe that organizations can improve how they handle performance management, which is key to enabling employees to operate efficiently and effectively in their role and responsibility in the workforce. Even companies that have made significant investments in performance appraisal and review are in many cases still falling short from motivating and leveraging talent effectively in their organization.

This research yielded concrete insights into best and worst practices to help executives and managers to better understand how to improve their performance management efforts. Ventana Research believes that armed with research-based insights to guide proper performance management planning and execution, companies can achieve a competitive advantage through increased efficiency and bottom line results.

For more information on how to benchmark your organization’s maturity and competency in people, process, information and technology using our research, please contact clientservices@ventanaresearch.com.