Hi Everyone, 

I'm keen to find out how other business conduct their annual appraisals. 

We're a financial services business of c150 and have had the same appraisal process for the last few years - annual review in April and an interim in October.  I'm always met with the same collective *sigh* from the Managers when I announce it's appraisal time and after prodding for some actual feedback this time, everyone seems to think the form is too big, the process too time-consuming and isn't specific enough for each department, and the reviews aren't really achieving much.  Everyone agrees appraisals are important and necessary, but they also agree what we have isn't working!

I've already got some thoughts about how to change this, but I'm eager to find out if anyone else has recently had an overhaul of the way they do appraisals, and if so, what works? 

(for reference, our appraisal scheme/process isn't currently linked with pay increases)

Thanks in advance!

Becky

You need to be a member of DPG Community to add comments!

Join DPG Community

Email me when people reply –

Replies

  • Morning Becky and all

    I am so glad that the HR Zone has been of use, here at DPG we are passionate about the ethos of its all about particapnts' development and sharing best practice.  This is exactly why the HR Zone was establshed.

    Thanks for posting a thought provoking post.

    All the best

    Sarah

  • Hi Everyone,

    Thanks so much for all the feedback!  I'm still yet to finalise a totally new process, but I've adapted our current form for this round of appraisals, to make it more user-friendly and so far the feedback seems positive.  I'll definitely be taking all of this feedback on board when I look to review the whole thing.

  • Hi Becky

    We're just completing our final annual appraisal cycle right now and will from July be carrying our quarterly performance conversations linked to a rating system. We need to 'rate' for the moment as we have very little tangible evidence to work with that demonstrate that we are meeting our aim to increase our skills capacity following a previous restructure.

    'Death of the annual appraisal' phew - its all go eh!

  • Hi Becky,

    I also work in a financial services industry and we have recently updated our appraisal process, which seems to be working pretty well. We re-designed our forms and through training and meetings, we encourage staff and managers to do as much preparation as possible before the actual meeting. We ask staff to complete a self-appraisal form which reflects on their strengths and weaknesses and future development needs. They then give this to their manager for them to review prior to the meeting, this provides open discussion and reduces the amount of time spent on paperwork during the appraisal meeting. We try to tailor appraisal documents as much as possible, but this is difficult, we encourage managers to go through the job description during the appraisal to closely reflect on what the employee does and if any changes are required, which does seem to improve the personalisation of each appraisal. We also encourage managers to engage fully with the appraisal process and this has improved with training! Staff are given development plans and we try to encourage managers to set objectives for different time frames so that interim reviews can take place. 

    I hope this helps!

    Emily.

  • Morning Becky

    This is a really interesting topic and one which I recently undertook some research into.  I came across this really interesting article about how some of the big Consutlancy companies are moving away from performance reviews, in favour of 'career conversations' and aligning this with their talent management processes:

    Take a read and please do share your thoughts on this:

    https://hbr.org/2015/04/reinventing-performance-management

    Kind regards

    Sarah

  • Hi everyone - I would be interested in new ideas also! I have the same push backs as Becky does, it is seen as a tick box exercise and managers are just not engaged in the process - this rubbing off onto employees who just simply don't see the value! 

This reply was deleted.

Members

Click here to see a full list of members including our Facilitators.

Did you know that if you go to the list of members, the Members Online button will show you who is online right now? Why not say hello?

What's Happening?

Melanie Guttridge and Maria Kenneth joined DPG Community
Monday
David Woodhouse and Jacqueline Ruth Dhanoya joined DPG Community
Mar 19
ZLYI posted a discussion
Mar 16
Ruth Miller and Simone Howarth joined DPG Community
Mar 13
alan cubero replied to NoahCarcia's discussion Besteonlinecasinoschweiz
Mar 13
alan cubero replied to Oscar Poppy's discussion Play wolf gold slot
Mar 13
Patty Black commented on Mike Collins's blog post Unlocking Potential Through Learning
Mar 7
Samuel Rocher is now a member of DPG Community
Mar 7
More…

CIPD Branch Events

Did you know your local CIPD branch will put on relevant events that are free to CIPD members.

Take a look for your local branch here and what events are happening. Remember attending these events are great CPD evidence.

CIPD Branch Event Search