I’ve been following with interest the news that some leading organisations are doing away with the annual performance review. Nine blocker grids, bell curves, ratings and rankings could all be becoming a thing of the past.
General Electric, Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and, recently, KPMG India have announced that they are evolving towards a new model favouring more immediate feedback. GE is using an app to do this. Employees request qualitative feedback immediately after completing a project or piece of work,…