Do all managers and all schools/departments have to participate in the Pay & Performance program?
A. Annual performance planning and evaluation is an expected performance goal for every manager across the University and Medical Center. Performance management is a guiding behavior for those who supervise staff members and will be part of their evaluation at the end of the year. The behavioral performance goal is defined as follows: Take the time to effectively plan and evaluate performance, provide feedback, recognition and coaching, and develop employees to be their personal best at Duke. Q. Since the Needs Improvement rating could apply to someone who was new in a position or someone who was not performing up to expectations, would the pay increase be the same for both? Will there be flexibility to differentiate pay based on this distinction? A. The ability to differentiate pay for new staff members will be based on performance, which depends on the level of competency a new staff member has obtained in learning and mastering the responsibilities for the job. If the staff member i
