Organizational Transformation thru Appriasal

For a change, this is NOT a blog on SAP S/4HANA :) nor on #DigitalTransformation. However definitely it is about #Transformation and #Leadership.

I will come to the question straight away :

Well I question the very NEED of Appraisal in first place. I know it's another level of discussion and can open pandor's box. MyPoV : For self-sustaining and self-challenging individuals and team, external appraisal may required, only if and when they ask for. Otherwise, any external appraisal actually might cause a set-back to such individuals and teams. "An Egg when broken from outside, only breaks"

So, for less-mortals like the employees in various organizations, we have in place a system called Appraisal and in most cases we have what I would call a "Bottom-up appraisal". The question for this BLOG : Why do we have bottom-up appraisal ?

Why do we have an appraisal system where the employee,under name of self-evaluation, required to submit his/her self-evaluated achievements and then his supervisor / appraiser will provide his comments on top-of the filled-in details and  then Reviewer will accept or reject the appraiser’s comments ?

I personally feel this process apart from being derogatory for any sensitive self-respecting individual; primarily it is a major hindrance to the Organizations who genuinely wants to grow and create leaders. Current process encourages Seniors to “Critically review the miss or negative in what’s mentioned in and as achievement “, Well one may term it under the golden label of “Improvement areas”, still the focus is on “What is BAD? What is missed? What requires improvement in the achievement mentioned by employee.  Isn’t it ?

My Point of View (POV) :  

For organizations that just want to “MANAGE RESOURCES”, maybe they should continue with whatever they are doing. But Organizations who are committed to and want to Create Leaders and BUILD a culture of positive and sensitive (and both these words are extremely IMPORTANT) Leadership across organization,  the appraisal process requires a TRASNFORMATION.

Yes I am talking of the process where Appraisal becomes a top-down approach.

The Supervisor / appraiser fills in “the achievements” of his team-member and the appraise adds his/her comments, if anything is missed out or requires to be added.

Wouldn’t such a process lead a DRAMATIC change in “Encouraging and Appreciating the Employees” for Good work they do and encouraging them to continue doing their BEST!! ?

Wouldn’t such an approach CREATE an Environment where seniors are “FINDING the GOLD” in their TEAM, ultimately “CREATING” LEADERS for the ORGANIZATION?

Well you may feel I have a twisted thinking or have not thought-thru the proposal. Or You may have liked the revolutionary idea. 

Whatever the case, do share What’s your take on above proposal. I would love to hear your views on my POV :)

#InnerReflection