[teampractices] [FYI] Annual review cadence

[Mukunda Modell]

Sounds promising to me. I find the feedback is helpful but the annual
review seems to be fairly daunting for everyone and not terribly effective.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Kevin Smith <ksmith at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Recently, we have had some conversations within TPG about the pros and
> cons of annual (and quarterly) review cycles. We have also experimented a
> bit with a system that allows us to give weekly peer feedback to each
> other.
>
> Over the weekend, I ran into an article which describes how GE (General
> Electric) is abandoning annual employee reviews[1]. This article is short
> on details, but does have a couple links to articles that might have more
> information (I haven't full explored them yet). The summary, and the reason
> I'm posting here, is this paragraph:
>
> We’re trying to end anything that was annual or quarterly and make
> everything more real-time. We wanted to make the feedback process more like
> how we give each other advice in the real world. Instead of an annual
> review, we have an app PD @ GE where our people are getting continuous
> insights from their colleagues that they can use to get better every day.
>
> [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ge-giving-up-
> employee-ratings-abandoning-annual-reviews-immelt?trk=eml-
> b2_content_ecosystem_digest-hero-14-null
>
> Kevin Smith
> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
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