Sharon Cornils, personnel director for Manitowoc County, says, “We not only created a new pay plan, but we had to create a review and performance management process for our county. “The elimination of collective bargaining was a huge culture shift. Under that system, all employees received an automatic annual pay increase on the date of their employment. We knew we had to find a way of dealing with that loss and still make employees feel important and needed.” Cornils, whose responsibilities encompass compensation, labor relations, collective bargaining and benefits, began a Web search of performance management systems. Several products weren’t deemed user friendly, and some were more robust than what the county needed, and “we couldn’t justify the hefty expense,” says Cornils

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