Performance management

New and updated

• Date:

  18 May 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Virtual appraisals: Overcoming the common constraints

  Appraisals can be daunting for both appraiser and appraisee, but they can be especially challenging in a virtual setting, when non-verbal cues cannot be read so easily. Nikki Squire, facilitator and co-founder at Strevas, outlines some of the common concerns and how to overcome them.

• Date:

  8 December 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Performance management: New suite of model 360-degree feedback documents

  We have added new model documents for employers to gather 360-degree feedback, including example feedback forms, letters to explain the process to participants, and follow-up letters to ensure that results are fed into the employee's performance appraisal.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter confirming what has been agreed with employee following 360-degree feedback session

  A model HR letter to summarise the discussion from a 360-degree feedback session with an employee and set out what steps the employee should take to address the feedback.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting employee to 360-degree feedback session

  A model HR letter to invite an employee to a session to discuss 360-degree feedback that has been compiled and decide what steps the employee could take to address the feedback.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to remind peer, line manager or direct report to complete employee's 360-degree feedback form

  A model HR letter to remind a peer, line manager or direct report (or other rater outside the organisation where relevant) to complete a 360-degree feedback form for an employee.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to ask peer, line manager or direct report to complete employee's 360-degree feedback form

  A model HR letter to invite a peer, line manager or direct report (or other rater outside the organisation where relevant) to complete a 360-degree feedback form.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  360-degree feedback form for employee's peer, line manager or direct report

  A model HR form to allow an employee's peer, line manager or direct report (or other rater outside the organisation where relevant) to provide 360-degree feedback on them.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  360-degree feedback self-assessment form for employee

  A model HR form to allow an employee to complete a 360-degree feedback self-assessment form.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to ask employee to complete 360-degree feedback self-assessment form

  A model HR letter to ask an employee to complete a 360-degree feedback self-assessment form.

• Date:

  24 November 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Coaching skills for line managers

  Rosie Evans, behavioural scientist, discusses how HR can approach coaching, onboarding and evaluating remote workers in an emotionally intelligent way.