Performance Reviews

Performance appraisals & all hands meetings, unexpected link

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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4 things millennials hate about performance reviews in the workplace

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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Why context is important in the performance appraisal process?

Any organization’s success is determined by a combination of various factors that need to fall in place at the right point of time. One of them is the performance appraisal process. To make sure that employees are performing at optimum levels, it is recommended that their performance be evaluated from time to time. It helps …

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Competency based performance reviews: Here’s all that you need to know

The only worst thing than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay. Henry Ford It’s been a long time since Henry Ford said this, yet it is still very relevant today. Employees are the backbone of an organization. It is important that they be skilled in their …

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Why frequency is the key to successful performance management

Why frequency is the key to successful performance management?

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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How do good managers get the most out of performance evaluations

How to get the most out of performance evaluations?

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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What is the difference between performance appraisal and performance management?

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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7 Signs your Performance Management process is broken

7 Signs of Bad Performance Management Process at Work

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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Why do we love data-driven performance management?

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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4 Types of questions that make performance review effective

4 Types of effective performance review questions

Performance review is the workplace equivalent of a report card that helps employees identify their strengths and weaknesses. In the past we have written a great deal about the frequency of these reviews. Now we would like to explain what goes into the actual process. It is imperative that performance reviews are carefully crafted and …

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