Why don traditional performance appraisals work?
Traditional performance evaluations don’t work because: • They are conducted once a year, if at all. • Many are superficial, following a prescribed format that is used to review all employees. • Managers avoid completing them. • They often result in “surprises”, controversy, and hard feelings. • Most look backward, assessing past achievements or failures, and rarely lay out what employees need to accomplish going forward to be superior performers. • Management typically doesn’t revisit goals until the next annual review. • Many managers don’t know how to (or don’t take the time to) communicate effectively, and frequently find it difficult to talk with employees about sensitive and important issues. Implement the Performance Generator™, an alternative to performance evaluations that gets managers and direct reports on the same page all year long.
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