--- title: Performance review software for small companies description: Find out about performance review software for small companies. Getting started with performance management can be daunting. Help engagement by providing employees with tools to help them buy-in to performance management. image: https://blog.head-light.co.uk/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/web-just-do-it-1432951_640-1.jpg --- [![HeadLight-logo-from LF for website](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/hubfs/HeadLight_Sep2016/HeadLight-logo-from%20LF%20for%20website.png)](https://head-light.co.uk/) - [About Us](https://head-light.co.uk/what-makes-head-light-different/) ### [Our Clients Our clients come from industry, justice, government and not for profit sectors.](https://head-light.co.uk/our-clients/) ### [Case Studies Find out what people have said about Head Light and how we have helped.](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/case-studies) ### [Client Charter We like to be clear and upfront in how we work – and how we won’t work. 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People need greater involvement, empowerment and, quite frankly, more regular input. Couple all this with the fact that, at different times of the so-called performance calendar, employees and managers are asked to do different things. They may be setting goals for the year, or looking back on what they've achieved. They may be trying to understand and fit with the company aims and direction, or their own progression in the business. And of course, there's the 'day job': keeping an eye on performance progress is one of the long list of things to do. Once you've decided to introduce a structured and on-going way of monitoring and managing objectives, goals and performance. The next challenge is to get everyone engaged in the online system you choose to use... **Imagine if you could stick a sticky note on everyone's screen that encourages them to take a look at their performance progress. And if they don't have screens, maybe a messages on a mobile device. A sticky note on the screen? That would work.** And we know it works so that's what we built into our cloud-based performance management system - Talent Performance® - and it's part of our [Talent Cloud® for SMEs package](https://head-light.co.uk/talent-management-smes/). To show you just how this looks, take a look at our *Getting Started with Performance Management video. * *[![Video - Getting started with Performance Management using Talent Performance](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2397834/268a2dc1-9826-44d5-85b9-0974ef6f2ef1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2397834/268a2dc1-9826-44d5-85b9-0974ef6f2ef1)* In the video, you’ll be able to see how the sticky note appears on the screen of the employee and how you, as the Administrator of the system, control what appears. The analytics we put at your disposal will tell you if people are actually doing what you ask. It’s just one example of how our software tools are designed to engage people and encourage a more continuous performance process, rather than simply capture data and fill in forms. You may like to see and hear how Munoz has introduced Talent Performance® in the UK across their 300 plus employees - or [read the full case study.](https://head-light.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CS-Munoz-Group2.pdf)  [![Hear how Muñoz has implemented Talent Performance](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2397834/207f74e2-9faa-448e-adf7-d33be3afb00c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2397834/207f74e2-9faa-448e-adf7-d33be3afb00c) Learn more about how to [adopt an agile approach to performance appraisal](https://info.head-light.co.uk/how-to-transition-continuous-performance-management) - and request our [Guide for smaller businesses which are looking to get started with talent management.](https://info.head-light.co.uk/getting-started-with-talent-management-in-sme?hsCtaTracking=b7523487-322b-44af-a77a-4bdc73fd3cbc%7C33e0fbbd-850c-4077-a4f8-8b4a2d0fe269) When you're ready to have a d like to take a look at you can get started with talent management and performance management, then [get in touch](https://head-light.co.uk/contact-us/) for a chat. [Continuous Performance Management](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/topic/continuous-performance-management) [SME](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/topic/sme) ## Related posts ### [The Police Leadership Commission Report: What It Means for Your Force](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/police-leadership-commission-report-what-it-means-for-your-force) The Police Leadership Commission report sets a clear direction for policing - and it has immediate i... 23 Jul 2026 ### [Organisational Insight: evidence that organisations fail to use](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/organisational-insight-evidence-not-used) Organisational insight is one of the most underestimated assets available to HR and business leaders... 13 Jul 2026 ### [How your Workforce Intelligence platform turns data into signals](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/workforce-intelligence-platform-turns-data-into-signals) Every organisation generates data about its people continuously. 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