Performance management: arduous, time-consuming and in the past?

Performance reviews are often seen as destructive across organisations as they reflect past performances rather than looking ahead to what employees can achieve. However, this needn’t be the case: performance reviews can empower employees to make a change and develop their careers for the future.

Don’t let performance history repeat itself

Appraisals have long been seen as negative, time-consuming and something to be dreaded. Managers would spend as much as two hours on each of their team members’ appraisals. This could add up to the bulk of a working week depending on the size of the team and frequency of appraisals.

It was not just managers that were frustrated by the lengthy process of performance reviews; employees were too.