SYLO Associates Appraisal Survey

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SYLO Associates deliver a range of pragmatic people management and training solutions to help you get the most from your employees. We work either on-site or remotely providing HR advice to help manage and resolve HR issues. Commercially focused with experience of working across different sectors, we can help upskill and train leadership teams, support employee engagement while protecting your business.

Following on from several conversations with our clients; "to appraise or not to appraise" is often a question that is asked, so we have decided to find out what you think!

We would be grateful if you could please take the time to complete this short survey, even if your company does not currently run appraisals. We will ensure a full copy of the survey results are made available to you.

Many thanks in advance.

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* 1. Please rate the following reasons for conducting appraisals in order of importance (1 is least important, 5 most important)

To assess the performance of your staff against their objectives

To help you make salary or bonus decisions

So you can identify your peoples’ training and development needs

To look for ways to improve staff

To look for ways to improve business performance

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* 2. How would most people in your business feel about, or describe, appraisals or performance management?

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* 3. How would you rate the value of your current appraisal process to staff?
(Where 1 is valueless / non existent and 10 is completely indispensable)

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 4. How would you rate the value of your current appraisal process to management?
(Where 1 is valueless / non existent and 10 is completely indispensable)

Clear

i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 5. How often does each of your staff have an appraisal?

Every 3 months

Every 6 months

Annual

Never

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How many different ratings or assessments do you use when rating your staff?
An example of 5 rating areas could be 'Low', 'Inconsistent', 'Successful', 'High', or 'Exceptional'.

I don't use ratings

3 ratings

4 ratings

5 ratings

N / A

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Which of the following form a part of your current process?

Agreed and written SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound) objectives

Assessment against specific behaviours or competencies (e.g. 'Customer Focus', 'Treating colleagues with respect', 'Seeking constant improvement')

Discussion and agreement on a training plan

Seeking feedback from peers, more senior staff and more junior staff

Regular feedback and review of objectives between formal appraisal meetings

N / A

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* 8. What do you find hardest or least enjoyable when appraising your staff?

Preparation (Gathering feedback, reviewing objectives, etc.)

Raising and discussing under-performance

Handling disagreement about performance

Giving praise

Developing and agreeing a development plan

Setting objectives

N / A

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* 9. If you could completely re-design your appraisal process which element would you most want changed?

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* 10. Please rate how valuable some specific training in performance management would be in your business?
(Where 1 is 'valueless' and 10 is 'completely indispensable')

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 1. Please rate the following reasons for conducting appraisals in order of importance (1 is least important, 5 most important)

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* 2. How would most people in your business feel about, or describe, appraisals or performance management?

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* 3. How would you rate the value of your current appraisal process to staff? (Where 1 is valueless / non existent and 10 is completely indispensable)

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* 4. How would you rate the value of your current appraisal process to management? (Where 1 is valueless / non existent and 10 is completely indispensable)

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* 5. How often does each of your staff have an appraisal?

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* 6. How many different ratings or assessments do you use when rating your staff? An example of 5 rating areas could be 'Low', 'Inconsistent', 'Successful', 'High', or 'Exceptional'.

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* 7. Which of the following form a part of your current process?

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* 8. What do you find hardest or least enjoyable when appraising your staff?

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* 9. If you could completely re-design your appraisal process which element would you most want changed?

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* 10. Please rate how valuable some specific training in performance management would be in your business? (Where 1 is 'valueless' and 10 is 'completely indispensable')

* 3. How would you rate the value of your current appraisal process to staff?
(Where 1 is valueless / non existent and 10 is completely indispensable)

* 4. How would you rate the value of your current appraisal process to management?
(Where 1 is valueless / non existent and 10 is completely indispensable)

* 6. How many different ratings or assessments do you use when rating your staff?
An example of 5 rating areas could be 'Low', 'Inconsistent', 'Successful', 'High', or 'Exceptional'.

* 10. Please rate how valuable some specific training in performance management would be in your business?
(Where 1 is 'valueless' and 10 is 'completely indispensable')