I have a friend in Savannah, GA who does individual performance reviews on a quarterly basis. I am in total awe of her ability to do this (without flinching) for a staff of 20+ team members. And knowing her as I do, I'm sure she does it very well.
I have been failing miserably at performance reviews for more than a year! We are so far behind, it is almost laughable----if it didn't make me want to cry. Somewhere along the line, our annual performance review grew to more than 17 pages in length. We wanted to be sure we were addressing everything that we should, and that clear examples were being given to the team. With that particular format, I believe we were running 10-12 months behind schedule on delivering reviews. So, about three years ago, I revamped it, making it more streamlined and incorporating a Zoomerang 360 degree peer review. Things just went from bad to worse! What should have made things more efficient, only slowed down the process, waiting for a certain percentage of team members to submit their peer evaluations. Read more....