Overarching orientation |
Reactive, evaluation exercise of what has already happened |
Proactive, continuous, driving current and future performance |
Type of process |
Linear |
Fluid, non-linear |
Temporal focus |
Backwards-looking; top-down feedback provided as part of a PM process |
Forward-looking, integrated and illuminating past, present and future; input from the team facilitated by the boss |
Timing |
Prescribed time in a year |
Ongoing check-ins in between goals and final review, cycle linked to the rhythm of an individual's work |
Leader of the performance process |
Led by HR with some input from management |
Led by supervisors and management |
Level of focus |
Operational |
Strategic |
Who triggers the feedback process |
Year-end review, initiated by the organization |
Stand-back review at the end of the work cycle, triggered by the individual |