Performance Conversations: Synaptics Approach to Simplified, Ratingless Performance Management

Rewarding Work: Spotlight on Compensation & Performance Management - A SHRM Symposium

You will learn how Synaptics designed and implemented a simple, ratingless performance management process.

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Synaptics had a very traditional, best practice performance management process. However, the process was long and took too much time so the executive team demanded a change. Performance Management was used as the lever to create this change. Synaptics fundamentally reimagined their process to create “Performance Conversations,” a focused and simplified process that allows employees and managers to connect, collaborate, and contribute. This session will share:

Lessons learned from focus groups that may surprise you about how the performance management process is really working in your company.
How Synaptics created a bridge to compensation without performance ratings.
The change management approach taken to implement a significant change requiring new skills for managers.
Considerations for implementing this process globally, as 50% of Synaptic’s employees are in Asia.

Date(s) & Time(s):

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 12:45pm to 1:45pm

Presenter:

Edie Goldberg, Ph.D.

President and Founder

E. L. Goldberg & Associates

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Edie Goldberg, Ph.D., is the president of E.L. Goldberg & Associates in Menlo Park, Calif. She is a nationally recognized expert in HR and talent management strategy and organizational effectiveness. She is the co-author of The Inside Gig: How Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capacity. Edie earned her Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Albany, SUNY, and she earned a B.S. and M.S. in psychology from San Diego State University. She serves on the board of the SHRM Foundation, is past chair of HR People + Strategy (HRPS), and is a fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology. She is the recipient of the HRPS Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions made to the HR profession.

SESSIONS:

Karen Gaydon

chief human resources officer

Synaptics Inc.

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Karen Gaydon joined Synaptics in December 2012 and serves as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources.

Ms. Gaydon is responsible for the design and development of HR strategies and processes that drive the Synaptics business objectives and the company’s unique culture. She also oversees charitable activities, healthy workplace initiatives, and corporate real estate planning.Prior to joining Synaptics, Karen held multiple senior HR leadership positions at Hewlett Packard where she was most recently a member of the Executive Human Resources Council, reporting to the Human Resources Executive Vice President. Her background includes Vice President roles in several business units across the U.S. and Europe.

Karen has extensive experience leading organizational transformations, driving large scale global change and growth, delivering mergers and acquisitions and building a world class Human Resources team.

SESSIONS:

Location:

Orchid Ballroom (6th floor)

Amount of Credit:

1.00

Credit Type:

•SHRM PDCs

Session Type:

Concurrent Session

Competency:

Relationship Management

Communication