Overview of Cornerstone for the Division of Student Affairs (VPSA)

Cornerstone Performance Management is an application used to manage performance reviews, goal planning, and development plans for employees in the Division of Student Affairs at Illinois State University. Cornerstone can also be used to facilitate ad hoc meetings, called check-ins, with anyone, such as managers or team members. 

Logging in to Cornerstone

To login to Cornerstone, do the following: 

1. Go to https://illinoisstate.csod.com/. 
   
   
2. Click the ISU Central Login button to log in to Cornerstone. 
   
   
   
   
3. When you get logged in, you will see the Welcome page. The Welcome page offers you access to the main features of Cornerstone: 
   
   
   • Performance Reviews
   • Check-Ins
   • My Goals
   • Development Plans
   • Your Action Items
     
   

Performance Reviews

A performance review in Cornerstone is a guided process through which a manager can provide scores and feedback to an employee about their job-related performance over a defined period of time. 

For instructions on how to use Cornerstone to launch, complete, and sign performance reviews in the Division of Student Affairs, refer to the following: 

• Step 1: Launching a performance review for a VPSA employee in Cornerstone
• Step 2A: Completing self reflection questions by a VPSA employee in Cornerstone (Optional)
• Step 2B: Completing a performance review for a VPSA employee in Cornerstone
• Step 3: Discuss performance review and complete goal planning for a VPSA employee in Cornerstone
• Step 4: Signing off on a performance review for a VPSA employee in Cornerstone

View Past Performance Reviews

You can view past performance reviews in Cornerstone. As an employee, you can find your own past performance reviews. As a manager, you can view the past performance reviews of yourself, as well as those done for your employees. For more information, refer to: 

• Viewing a past performance review of a VPSA employee in Cornerstone

Check-Ins

Check-ins offer anyone with Cornerstone access the ability to create a structured conversation with a manager or team member. These ad hoc records can be created as needed and can be referred to at a later time. The intent of check-ins is to facilitate continuous improvement and to document the conversation. For example, a manager who has one-on-one meetings with each of their employees twice a month could use the check-ins feature in Cornerstone to document those conversations and use them as a way to track ongoing goals and to spur ideas for new goals. Check-ins are not directly related to performance reviews in any way. 

My Goals

Cornerstone allows managers and employees to work together to establish goals that align with the strategic plans of the department or division (which ultimately support the strategic plan for the University), as well as the ability for employees to personally to identify and track personal and professional development goals of their own design. The My Goals section of the Welcome page is a gateway into the goals management section of Cornerstone. You can go into this part of the application to review and update your existing goals and to create new ones. 

Development Plans

Development plans in Cornerstone can be used by managers to develop improvement plans for employees who need additional support to succeed in their positions.

Your Action Items

This panel on the Welcome page will contain action items that are awaiting your completion. Managers and employees will see performance review steps appear in this box as reviews are launched and progress is made towards their completion.