Performance appraisal has become the norm in almost all organizations. Yet when those organizations do employee satisfaction surveys, discontent with the performance appraisal process is almost universal. What's is going on? Is there a better alternative? There is. It is called performance contracting. It's byline is "Shape the Future, Don't Appraise the Past." Focused on helping managers and direct reports communicate about what work needs to be done, and how this work will be measured or evaluated, performance contracting is a dynamic alternative to traditional performance appraisal. In this book, Roelf Woldring, who has managed hundreds of people over the course of his career, tells you why and how he chose to be a "performance contractor". He guides you through the steps you need to become a performance contracting wizard. He shows you how to use it to dramatically improving your hiring, so that you can avoid those bad hires which demoralize us all. The last section of the book is a complete workbook for managers and subordinates. It outlines what each has to do to make performance contracting work. It ties the personal performance contracting (PPC) process, to a better form of appraisal - Personal Performance Evaluation (PPE), and to the steps that individuals can take to increase their on-the-job skills - Personal Professional Development (PPD). A better alternative for 21st Century, personal performance contracting works for everyone, no matter of which "generation" they are a member. In these pages, you will discover the why, the how and the who of performance contracting. Whether you are a boss, or a direct report, or both, you owe it to yourself to implement this better way.
About the Author: Roelf Woldring knows about performance contracting because he came to it when performance appraisal no longer worked for him. It damaged, rather than enhanced his relationships with his employees. He found that he needed an alternative which allowed him to inspire the folks who worked for him to stretch and achieve their personal bests. Searching for an alternative, Roelf developed the performance contracting process. Once he started to implement it, he never went back. The companies he worked for still required that he do performance appraisals. But they became a snap to do once he was regularly doing performance contracting. Roelf has been an IT professional, a CIO, a CEO and a senior organizational change consultant. He writes regularly both on the Internet, and in print - which he still believes is a powerful way to influence, to educate and to persuade. Roelf runs WeCrut3.com, a talent management firm. He maintains an active up to date Linked In profile. He is also the author of: "Turning Around Organizations: A How To Guide", "If It Is Broken Fix It: Reflections on Business and Society" - a collection of some of his blogs / essays from his blog from roelfwoldring.wordpress.com, and the Competency Styles of personal professional development workbooks: "Making Decisions", "Interacting with Others". "Gathering and Using Information", "Structuring Personal Activity", (published by HRD Press): all of which are available at Amazon.com. Through WeCrut3.com, Roelf helps organizations move from the drag of performance appraisal to the clarity of performance contracting. "Shape the Future, Don't Appraise the Past".