Earlier, I was being interviewed by HR Zone as part of an item they are writing on performance appraisal best practice.  The results of that interview and the article will appear in their weekly note that comes out on Thursday.

One item in particular struck me during our discussion.  Performance appraisal is often inextricably linked to a pay review.  The grade drives the discussion or is "the elephant in the corner" during the review if it is held back.  But, if I wrote down what we were looking to achieve from the performance management process I'm not sure that we would want this distraction.  I'll let the article come out before I expand in detail on my thoughts.

In the meantime, here is a thought for the day : "Do we need to link performance appraisals with pay?".


Brendan