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Here are the main reasons:

1. Lack of visible commitment to, and support for, appraisals from the most senior managers.
2. The benefits of appraisals have not been adequately explained to managers and staff.
3. Managers and staff are not adequately consulted when an appraisal system designed - they do not have ownership.
4. Many people have experienced appraisals as bureaucratic and resultless.
5. Managers are not adequately prepared to undertake appraisals and some may be afraid of conducting appraisal interviews.
6. Managers and staff do not receive personal and the company-wide feedback on the results of the latest completed appraisal round.
7. The questions used on the appraisal form are unnecessary or make it difficult to translate the gleaned information into effective action.
8. There is no definite system (deadlines and monitoring) to ensure appraisals are completed.

Profit Improvers has straightforward ways to overcome these obstacles

Bill

Your advice on establishing our appraisal system is much appreciated. Your thorough and systematic approach provided a system which is cost and time effective, cutting bureaucracy to the minimum. Our people fully appreciate what is required and have no fear of appraisals. An additional benefit was your review of job descriptions for senior posts which gave us helpful insights for change. You did an excellent job in coaching our senior administrator who now handles the appraisal system for 80 people with only minimal admin help.

David Ripley, Managing Director, BW Group.

 

Dear Bill

As promised, we are delighted to recommend your consultancy services. When we first approached you last year, our own appraisal system had become stale, a chore to be completed by Managers rather than a valuable tool for improving personal performance.

Your straightforward advice and common sense approach helped us to simplify and focus the process. As a result, the return of interview forms has doubled, but more importantly, the new process is now perceived as being of great benefit to employees as well as the company.

A further benefit has been to our training programme. The feedback from appraisals has acted as a catalyst to develop our training provision through a competency matrix. The new process promotes better control of project manning and allows succession planning to take place.

Ian Heap, Personnel Manager, ABB Automation Ltd.

Dear Bill

Thanks for all your efforts helping us to install our appraisal system. We particularly liked the way you cut through all the bureaucracy. Your friendly and open approach helped our staff to grasp the real purpose of appraisals and reduced much of the apprehension and cynicism. I look forward to working with you again.

Moira Morrison, Director, Acumen Accountants and Advisors.