3 ways to begin improving performance management

This article discusses the importance of transitioning from traditional annual performance appraisals to continuous feedback and recognition, which is more proactive, fluid, transparent, insightful, and human. However, many organizations have yet to fully adopt these new approaches. The article identifies three areas of opportunity to improve performance management:

the changing way work is done,
the need for varied measurement, and
the role of technology. The author suggests that meaningful performance management lies in collecting data on all employee interactions from recognition and feedback, on a regular basis, and looking at alternative data sources that are less subjective for measurement.