Do senior leaders follow the same process as others?

‘Curiously, a few responses mentioned that senior leaders or executives did not follow the same process as others.’ says Marc Effron‘s 2023 global report on Performance Management.

Not so curious if you’re in HR. It’s a familiar story.

Getting the process signed off is one thing. Getting all senior leaders to follow the process themselves is quite another.

It’s a good report. Here’s point 4 in their summary:

‘LEADERS LACK THE CAPABILITY TO EXECUTE PM
Finding: Only 12% of leaders can provide high quality coaching and feedback. Just 23% can set challenging goals.’

‘The theme that emerges is that leaders’ lack of capability is fundamentally undercutting the ability of performance management to deliver higher performance.’

Influencing line managers to manage performance well is an ongoing coaching challenge for HR, at every level.

It’s often obvious that leaders need training – top leaders. This takes your influencing skills to another level.

Making performance management deliver its full potential is just one example of the tricky influencing challenges that HR leaders face.

If you’d like to sharpen up your skills, check out our 3-hour virtual workshop on Strategic Influencing.