Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Your
Performance
Appraisals
WHAT
around reviews.
WOULD
BUT WHAT … HAPPEN IF …
HOW … UH … ²² You switched the balance power of the
performance review from the manager
to the employee?
²² How do I document that conversations
have happened? ²² You focused on goals you and the em-
ployee set, together – and rated fewer
²² I need a tool to support employment-re- competencies?
lated decisions.
²² Managers had an easy way to discuss
²² What about low-performing employees? and deliver a review?
²² What about compliance? ²² Reviews were used as a tool for coach-
ing?
²² What about Pay-for-Performance?
DO THESE IDEAS
SCARE YOU?
²² Using values-based ratings scales (instead of perfor-
mance metrics)
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1 Do self-reviews
things to modernize
your review process
2 Shorten your forms
3 Ask meaningful questions – some examples
4 Add employee-focused elements with values-based feedback
5 Eliminate weights and final scores
6 Move from a competency focus to a goal focus
7 Update your email communications
8 Go online – make continuous feedback easy
9 Consider 360 feedback
10 Focus on coaching and continual growth and development
FORM DESIGN
Communication
Teamwork
Work Quality
Questions
Are there development opportunities ...
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1. DO SELF-
REVIEWS
²² Allow employees to take an active role in their
review
2.SHORTEN
YOUR FORMS
²² Can you shorten your form to 5 compe-
tencies or less?
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3. ASK MEANINGFUL
QUESTIONS
We can do better than these!
²² List your strengths.
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4. ADD EMPLOYEE-FOCUSED,
VALUES-BASED ELEMENTS
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Current balance of power
EMPLOYEE
MANAGER
5. ELIMINATE WEIGHTS
AND FINAL SCORES
No summary
score! What
might happen
by removing
that final
average?
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6. MOVE FROM COMPETENCY
FOCUS TO GOALS FOCUS
Competency Focus
Goals Focus
7. GO
ONLINE
²² All your data in
one place
²² Notes and
feedback, all in
one place
²² Easy dashboards
²² Easy reports
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8. CONSIDER 360
FEEDBACK
²² Get a well-rounded perspective using peer feedback
Pat is fantastic
9.
UPDATE
to work with
YOUR
EMAILS
Pat is always willing to lend a hand! ²² Write short,
descriptive titles
²² Include instructions
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10.FOCUS ON:
COACHING AND CONTINUAL
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Offer good tips for continual growth:
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