Abandon Performance Appraisals

We Can't Improve What Should Be Abandoned!

The Destruction Cannot Be Measured

There is no substitute for knowledge, especially about the mythology that performance appraisals, rating, and ranking schemes cause.

• Senior executives, board members, managers, staff, customers, and suppliers need knowledge to manage the organization and the evidence is clear - we should stop doing performance appraisals.

We can learn how the knowledge and science embodied in the work of Dr. W Edwards Deming and a number of other scientists proves the destruction caused by this practice. Working together is fundamental to solving and preventing problems; this practice creates unhealthy competition inside the organization and alienates the people we need most. It creates fear and a scarcity of talent by creating a hostile work environment.