I had covered one great appraisal cycle in one of my previous blogs. Recently, I witnessed the same with same issues, same concerns, same doubts, same attitude, same management style, same dissatisfaction, and same attitude. I mean everything was same. It seems that history repeats itself.
Appraisal is a process when everyone has huge expectations. The expectations are from both sides of the table. One on side, there is an appraise. This person will always be dissatisfied whatever the management will give to him/her. One other side, the management will always try to give as less as possible to check the patience level of the appraise. I rarely saw any example when both the parties are satisfied and happily accepted and close the appraisal process.
In one of my previous company, I started the process of monthly appraisal for each individual. Using this, I was discussing the achievements and weak areas on monthly basis with each individual. This was one of the best practices that I had initiated. In this process, I don't need to evaluate any person on annually basis. I was monitoring the person on monthly basis and a cumulative sum of all the months became the annual appraisal rating for each individual.
One of the most common complaints from the appraises side is that they are not evaluated properly. And that is the reason of not getting the correct rating at the end of the year which redirects the management to not execute the actions that they are eligible for. I think the process that I initiated, is the best cure of this problem.
Sanat Sharma
