by Dick Grote | Sep 18, 2009 | Performance Appraisal, Uncategorized
Performance appraisal is one of the most common management practices around. But I’m always surprised that so few people know the answer to the simple question, “What is a performance appraisal?” Here’s the answer: A performance appraisal is a formal record of a...
by Dick Grote | Jun 10, 2009 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Management
Some people believe that the only reason we do performance appraisal is for compensation purposes, to justify Sally’s 3% increase. Of course we use performance appraisal to make good decisions about compensation — if you believe in pay-for-performance, you have to...
by Dick Grote | Aug 15, 2008 | Performance Appraisal, Uncategorized
A few years ago I delivered the closing general session presentation at the Conference Board’s annual Human Resources Conference at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. The audience: 600 VP’s of HR from Fortune 500 and similar organizations. My topic: “Performance...
by Dick Grote | Apr 15, 2008 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Improvement, Performance Management
In America’s best-run and most-admired organizations, employee performance appraisal is a vital and vigorous management tool. No other management process has as much influence on individuals’ careers and work lives. Used well, employee performance appraisal is the...
by Dick Grote | Mar 15, 2008 | Performance Appraisal, Uncategorized
There’s no question that discussing expectations and coaching and feedback should be a routine and ongoing process. And some managers—the great ones, the naturals—do these things routinely. But managers such as this are few and atypical. Left to their own devices, too...
by Dick Grote | Feb 15, 2008 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Management
Why do companies go to the bother of setting up a performance appraisal system? The most common reason is to give employees feedback on how they’re doing. If a company has a performance appraisal process, then the individual learns exactly how well her boss feels she...