Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management. He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors. He is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd.
Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.
Contact: Tel. 087-2471415; E-Mail: ppl1gerry@gmail.com
A recent survey of performance management in the U.S. serves to confirm what many of us have known for some time. That is, the process can be time-consuming, stressful, unproductive and often irrelevant. According to Adobe’s survey of 1,500 American office workers, performance reviews also stir unhealthy competition amongst co-workers, increase personal stress levels and can result in dramatic reactions, such as crying and quitting. Ultimately, according to Adobe’s V.P. Donna Morris, the process is ‘demotivating’.
Nothing New ⚓︎
Of course, there is nothing new about these findings. Performance management or appraisal has long had its detractors. As far back as 1957 the motivation guru Douglas McGregor called into question the value of such assessments, whilst by the 1980s the
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