Reference Tools
Various Tools to Support You in Performance Management
- Quick Reference: The Performance Management Cycle
- Corporate Commitments – A Guide for Managers
- Performance Agreements and Informal Conflict Management (PDF, 368 KB)
- Performance Management and Satisfaction Factors Worksheet (DOC, 47 KB)
- Labour Relations Tools
- Quick Reference on the Probation Period (PDF, 354 KB)
- Guide-Writing SMART Work Objectives (PDF, 686 KB)
- Work Objective for employees involved in Diversity and Inclusion networks or committees (DOCX, 330 KB)
- What to Know About: Employee Perfomance and Talent Management Review Panels at EDSC (DOCX, 76 KB)
- ESDC’s Competency Dictionary
- Common Issues and Errors in Rating Employee Performance
- Rating Scale Definitions
- Three Types of Competencies
- Behavioral Indicators for Core Competencies
Reference Tools for Performance Management during COVID-19
- Proposed generic work objectives due to the pandemic (DOCX, 117 KB)
- Re-establishing Priorities During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Planning Exercise
- FAQ - Conducting Performance Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Assessing Performance during COVID-19 - Tips for Managers and Executives (TBS) (PDF, 141 KB)
- Performance Management during COVID-19 -Tips for Managers and Executives (TBS) (DOCX, 50 KB)
- Performance Management during COVID-19 - Answers to Managers’ Frequently Asked Questions (TBS) (DOCX, 51 KB)
- How COVID-19 has impacted the 2020-2021 Non-EX Performance Management Cycle at ESDC (PDF, 471 KB)
Tools to Register and Complete your Performance Agreement
- Tips to Get the PSPM App (PDF, 391 KB)
- Performance Agreements : Register to the App and set the foundation (DOCX, 332 KB)
- PSPM App User Guide for Employees
- PSPM App User Guide for Executives and Managers/Supervisors
- Form - Performance Agreement (Standard) - 2021-2022 (DOCX, 219 KB)
- Instructions - Performance Agreement (Standard) - 2021-2022 (PDF, 296 KB)
Policies and Guidelines
- TBS Directive on Performance Management (effective April 1, 2020)
- TBS Directive on Performance Management (archived old directive / April 2014-March 2020)
- TBS Policy Suite Reset – People Management
- Policy on People Management
- ESDC Learning Policy and Guidelines
- Treasury Board Policy on Learning, Training and Development
- ESDC Recognition Program