PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Performance management is an essential practice for Pitkin County. Your professional development is very important to the success of your team and us as an organization.

The introductory period of employment is six (6) months in length (9 months for the Dispatch department) and provides the opportunity to demonstrate abilities to achieve a satisfactory level of performance and to determine whether the position meets expectations. The County uses this period to evaluate capabilities, work habits and overall performance, for more information read Policy 3.20.

You will receive an email from Trakstar, our online performance management system.

Please review this short video on how to use the system (password: Pitkin2017). If you have questions contact your HR Business Partner.

You must complete these mandatory training's during your Introductory Period:

• ICS – 100 training

• Harassment Prevention Training

• Cyber Security Training.

For a truly distinctive employee experience, it’s critical to make feedback - both giving and receiving it - part of your DNA, and regularly practice it in conversations that go beyond outward performance.

We are changing our annual performance review and beginning a new process of 'quarterly check-ins' starting on April 1st.

The new process is designed to focus on a conversation between employee and manager, with the intention of fostering supportive relationships which are forward looking and goal based.