Performance Without Appraisal

The elimination of the painful yearly charade of sitting with your manager taking 15 minutes to agree on what was your fault and agree on what ‘Exceeded Expectations’ vs. ‘Below Expectations’ – is a left over practice that is only culturally accepted as “this is how we have always done things”

What Criteria can be Used to Judge the Performance of People at Work?

An individual’s performance is the relationship between targeted output and achieved output. Personal effectiveness appraisals are judgments made by an individual’s manager about how well the subordinate has done in producing the outputs, taking into consideration all of the relevant circumstances.

What is Wrong with Performance Appraisals?

Every company seeks an alchemic formula that can turn a poor into a good and a good into a great performer. This happens with blind ignorance of the systemic messages being sent and how they contradict with the expectations.

Teams or Teamwork What you mean affects the work

Teams vs. Teamwork the terms mean different things to different people. In order work to get done a shared understanding must be known. Groups may require teamwork even
when they do not need to work as a team.