Editor’s Note: This post is by Paul Slezak, Cofounder and CEO of RecruitLoop – the World’s largest marketplace of expert Recruiters and Sourcers available on-demand.
A few weeks ago I published a post outlining why my opinion on performance reviews has changed.
On average, managers spend 200 hours on the performance process every year. And yet 94% of people (let’s face it, that’s pretty much everybody in an organisation – employers and employees alike) don’t believe their current performance review process is valuable or worth the time.
The process is described as time consuming; extremely subjective; demotivating; unhelpful and some people have described their performance review as being worse than a visit to the dentist.
Receiving negative feedback as an employee is never easy. But being on the other side of the table, being ‘the deliverer’ of the ‘not-so-good’ news (or the ‘areas for improvement’) is by no means easy either (and I’ve been there hundreds of times in the last 20+ years).
Telling someone that they are doing something wrong is a process littered with land mines.
There is nothing wrong with negative feedback, there is only something wrong with poorly delivered negative feedback. Good negative feedback is an effective employee performance management tool. In fact it is possible to increase employee engagement by giving them effective negative feedback!
The solution to effective feedback isn’t repackaging. The solution is to improve the quality of the negative feedback.
Our friends at Headway Capital have put together this awesome infographic containing 12 rules that can make giving negative feedback much less stressful.
There are some terrific tips here … It’s definitely worth checking out.
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Paul Slezak
With over two decades of experience in the recruitment and human capital industry, Paul Slezak has established himself as a transformative force in the realm of leadership and career coaching, group facilitation, and talent acquisition. His unique perspective, drawn from his early career as a leader in global recruitment firms and his entrepreneurial success with his own start-up, has enabled him to make a significant impact on leaders, teams, and organizations across the world. Paul's passion for helping others achieve success and high performance is evident in his commitment to transforming leaders and their teams at local, national, and international levels. He specializes in promoting the importance of human-centered intelligence, focusing on soft skills such as authenticity, transparency, and trust to complement business-centered acumen and drive better workplace outcomes. As an impartial facilitator, Paul brings his expertise to team offsites and strategy days, ensuring alignment on goals, values, and culture while keeping participants on task. His engaging and energetic presence, coupled with his unique "entertraining" and "edutaining" delivery style, enables him to connect with audiences both large and intimate, sharing personal and professional anecdotes that inspire and energize.
