It appears that UK managers are sticking to the stiff upper lip approach, when it comes to appraisals.
A survey by Investors in People has found that nearly half of employees (44%) who receive appraisals suspect that their bosses are not telling them the truth about their performance.
In keeping with the same British tradition, many managers are holding back on what they really think for most of the year and then dropping a metaphorical bombshell during the performance review. As many as 40% of the employees in the survey say they were caught unawares by something their boss brought up during an appraisal.
According to a recent IRS survey [subscription required], many managers are simply reluctant and sometimes ill-equipped to deal with performance issues. And largely due to this same issue, 96% of respondent organisations in a Personnel Today study said they struggle to make performance management systems work.
This year, IRS is carrying out a further performance management survey to see how organisations are dealing with this issue. With your help, our findings will shed light on how different organisations seek to monitor and improve performance - and how underperformance can best be tackled.
If you would like to participate in the research, please use the link below. Participants will be emailed a free copy of our findings.
Individuals will not be named, but the names of participating organisations will be included in the report.
If you have any queries about this survey, please contact Charlotte Wolff at charlotte.wolff@irseclipse.co.uk.
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