The business continues to evolve with the advent of technological advancements and innovative methods of finding a customer needs and reaching them. Due to this phenomena, in the last 10 years we have witnessed rapid changes and some global organizations become extinct due to their inability to sense the disruptions and velocity of change which has run in to them. We all know that from...

Performance Management and appraisals has been a topic of several discussions debate and research over the last decade. Since 2012, when Kelly Services decided to drop appraisals, it became the year where one of corner stones of good HR- Performance Management was challenged. From 2012- 2019, as Josh Bersin says 70% of global organisations are at different stages of...

One of the most effective ways to motivate your employees is to have a sincere and accurate appraisal system. Employees who feel recognized and valued are more likely to go that extra mile to help an organization achieve its objectives. A well-constructed performance management system can boost employee morale, reduce turnover, and inspire teams to excel in their field.  A poor performance rewards system, on...

In today’s disruptive world where change and innovation has taken the center stage of driving the business, organization performance is measured with a close lens for its sustenance and growth. It is in this context that the organizations are driving towards becoming a high performing organization and aligning all functions with measured KPIs and KRAs which are competing and...

“People in many organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.” - ― Peter F. Drucker To start with, performance management was created to manage (i.e. control) the work of an industrialised workforce to maximise output. Not much  thought was given...

It is no secret that many traditional performance appraisal processes fail to meet employees’ most basic needs for receiving feedback, coaching and recognition. Over a decade or so, Performance appraisal has transitioned from being called as ACR (Annual Confidential Reports) to performance appraisals to now being called as Performance Management. Although there is a change in the name that has happened over a period of...

High performing organisations are always built by great talent and it is important to continuously listen to their views, perspective and engage as much possible to ensure talent is well aligned with business realities and perceptions are managed equally from both the sides. Let’s have a look into few situations from some our workplaces: Not Our Priority Prakash a graduate engineering trainee, who was in his...

Abhijit Bhaduri is an Author, Columnist, Digital Transformation Coach and a talent management expert. He works with organization on leadership development strategies and coaches high potential leaders and CXOs. He is the Founder of Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates, a boutique firm that specializes in the area of Leadership and Culture. Forbes describes him as “One of the Most Interesting Globalists”. LinkedIn voted him as “A Must...

With rapidly changing dynamics in business models, structures and with the advent of new technologies and social media, organizations do grapple with the idea to revisit their reward and incentive schemes. On one hand, the traditional reward and recognition mechanisms like cash incentives, promotions, annual/quarterly performance awards, long term incentives etc are prevalent in most organizations, increasingly non-salary incentives...

Time immemorial, evaluating one’s capabilities and working on areas to improve has been a major area of individual development and grooming. All historical writings are full of examples of mentoring, experiential learning and coaching by wise men. Therefore there will always be reference to and discussion about performance and its evaluation. Over last many years since Industrial revolution, the face and methods of performance appraisal...