Remember those days?
Once upon a time, many of us sat in a high school English class and passed our essays to a classmate for peer review. There was a nervous buzz around the room as young brains filled with embarrassment over a peer critiquing our work. Remember those days?
If you're reading this you're probably in the working world now and hopefully doing something you enjoy a bit more than English class (no offense, English teachers).
Beyond the Classroom
Although the days of essay-writing may be behind you, peer review is still a valuable practice among organizations. It allows for a different perspective on projects from employees who are in the weeds right alongside their coworkers. Managers may not always know what their employees are up to working on each day, so peer reviews can give insight into those daily tasks and how employees work with their teammates. This data can be useful for making better data-driven business decisions, like with succession planning.
BirdDogHR offers project-based reviews through the Performance Management system. Managers can assign the project-based reviews to their teams after a big project is complete, or as a periodic check-in for peer evaluations.
Better Performance Management Processes
In addition to project-based reviews, the Performance Management software can also help with:
- Storing performance progress in a centralized hub as an employee advances in their career
- Configuring evaluation forms with company-and-position specific criteria
- Automating the performance review process with approval workflows that sends evaluations to the next pre-determined individual
- Establishing a regular one-on-one meeting process between managers and employees
- Creating disciplinary action forms and performance improvement plans
