Performance reviews have been around for a long time. Yet they are only said to be effective if both parties are comfortable with the assessment that is presented. On the face of it, it may appear that employee performance reviews take up a lot of the manager’s time and efforts. However, the resulting payoff of […]
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In the past, we have written at length about performance reviews or appraisals, as they are sometimes called. This article addresses some of the most common myths about performance appraisals (that can only be attributed to outdated management thinking). Performance Management Myths and Facts 1. Winging performance appraisals on the spot: Performance appraisals cannot and
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Performance reviews, appraisals or evaluations – there are many variants for the term. But the perception all of them trigger is almost the same. Managers meeting their direct reports secretively. Pointing out team members’ achievements or failures or both. It isn’t a stretch if we said, team members are the listeners most of the time in
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Experts predict that by 2020, millennials will make up 35% of the global workforce with Gen Z making up 24%. That would be more than half the working population! According to some studies, millennials are perceived as someone who feels entitled, impatient and seek quick validation. Unlike the previous generations which appear patient, committed and more
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Imagine this: an employee walks into their performance appraisal meeting, expecting feedback that will help them grow, but instead, they receive a series of ratings that seem disconnected from their day-to-day work. This is why performance appraisals should never be a mere formality or a checklist of ratings. They are a critical opportunity to provide
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Employees are the most critical asset of any organization. They play an important role in ensuring its long-term success. Thus, it makes sense that companies take extra effort to streamline their performance management systems. Companies with a successful performance management process can engage employees and ensure that they are extracting the best out of their
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Performance evaluations have long been an important part of many companies’ work environment. You get to efficiently determine how the success of employee contributions will be assessed. Good managers, however, take this opportunity to ask well crafted questions to get a better understanding of the employee’s goals, required outcomes or outputs. These questions are aimed at uncovering
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Usually performance management and performance appraisal are used interchangeably. They may have some similarities but they are definitely not the same! For one, performance management is a comprehensive approach that involves the maximum amount of dialogue among all the stakeholders. Performance appraisal on the other hand is primarily a top-down assessment for grading/rating employees performance periodically. While performance appraisals
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December is the peak time when you, as a manager, have to wrestle with the notion of how best to address the performance management process in your organisation. Your team members may have delivered great performance throughout the year but you have to acknowledge many other aspects apart from this. It is the company mandate
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We have consistently written about how annual performance reviews (done traditional way) rarely provide any value in today’s dynamic work environment. A typical performance management system consists of self-assessment by employees followed by a response from a direct manager & then a face 2 face discussion. The performance management process is designed to bring to
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