That Dreaded Time of the Year - Evaluations!

We are in the midst of one of the most dreaded periods of the year in corporate life - end of year evaluations.  I have been reading more reports lately of companies dropping these reviews altogether and opting for continuous conversations and evaluations.  The last article I read was from The Economist World in 2016.  It states that Deloitte had calculated it wasted 2 million hours a year evaluating its 65000 employees.  At a relatively cheap $100 an hour that is $200 million of wasted time and money.  Wow.  This huge number of hours may not take into account the stress, uncertainty, escalations, debates and resulting sick leave and reduced productivity that might arise from the process - one that definitely does not generate any real benefits to either managers or employees.

I am thinking that this rigmarole that is followed by millions really has seen its day.  It may have been needed in the old days where managers never spoke to employees because a boss was a distant, suit wearing, chain-smoking, whiskey-drinking white man who ruled by fear and awe in an office with a door that was regularly shut.  He did not want to speak to employees and employees sure did not want to speak to him!  It required a Human Resource imposed structure that forced them to speak to once or twice a year.

Now that we live in a world where communication rules maybe it is no longer needed.  We now measure how someone does their job with as much weighting as what they are doing.  Emotional quotients (EQ), employee brand and employee engagement are spoken about regularly.  Conversations between employees and supervisors happen regularly, if not daily for some.  There is no need to catch-up once a year.  The stereotypical old bossman picture has been blown to bits by the world of the 21st century.

Let's have the courage and confidence to provide regular two-way feedback all year.

Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!

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