Today’s Reader Question comes from the comments on one my recent posts, “Percentiles – an easy way to figure it out”. Ahsan asked : “In your opinion how do you link performance management in building a performance driven culture in the organization?” First of all let’s make the assumption that all companies are looking to…
How do you link performance management and a performance-driven culture ?
November 8, 2011 by 6 Comments
How many points on your performance rating scale ?
October 25, 2011 by 5 Comments
In this instalment of Reader Question, I deal with a common issue when designing the performance appraisal system. I was asked recently about the number of points you should have on the rating scale for your performance management system. Which number is right ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 ? or even 6 or 7…
Emiratisation and Compensation & Benefits – part II
October 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In my previous post I covered the basic elements that Compensation professionals can use in order to support emiratisation efforts in their organisation : salary ranges, allowances, KPIs and incentives. Today we will look at other aspects that you can focus on. Performance management Do you want to have different, and somewhat easier, objectives and…
Calibration of employee ratings – a rigid rule ?
September 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
Year-end is approaching fast, and with it comes the time for performance appraisals, which my friend Clare and I were discussing a few days ago. Clare was recently appointed as HR Business Partner and this year will be her first time to support multiple Business Units through the year-end appraisals process. Our discussion focused mostly…
