Measuring up performance reviews

Have you ever noticed how reluctant senior managers are to hold performance reviews with their team members, unlike their more junior counterparts who diligently complete their reviews thoroughly and in good time?When I was the human resources director at the Bank of England, I checked on managers’ progress in completing performance reviews. You may have done the same. We hoped to find that all the appraisals had been finished a month or so after the year end. Indeed our trade union representatives requested this, which seemed reasonable. In my desire to “nudge” everyone to get on with annual reviews, I would publish the completion rates by department in my monthly report.