Calibration

Calibration helps standardize performance feedback and reduce biases across functions and departments, enabling a fair and meritocratic review process.

Why is Performance Calibration Important in a Review Cycle?

The calibration process is essential for performance reviews because it:

1. Eliminates Bias

   • Calibration helps remove biases that may influence a manager’s decisions and review ratings.

2. Provides a Holistic View of Rating Variance

   • It offers a comprehensive view of overall rating distribution across managers, improving accuracy and consistency in the review process.

3. Boosts Credibility of the Review Cycle

   • By ensuring fairness and impartiality, calibration strengthens employee trust in the appraisal process.

Calibration for Performance Administrators

The Calibration tab provides an overview of calibrated ratings within the organization, offering insights into talent distribution. Through this tab, a Performance Administrator can view:

• Rating Approval Status by Skip-Level Managers

• Performance Rating Distribution across teams and departments

• Employee Details with relevant parameters for assessment

• Talent Card & Employee Form for a comprehensive review

1. Rating Approval Status by Skip-Level Managers:

This section provides the following details:

• Approved Ratings: Number and percentage of employees whose ratings have been approved

• Pending Ratings: Number and percentage of employees currently under calibration and awaiting approval

• Declined Ratings: Number and percentage of employees whose ratings were declined during the calibration process

2. Performance Rating Distribution

The Performance Administrator can access a comprehensive overview of performance rating distribution across the organization. The analytics graph helps identify the number of underperforming, average, and high-performing employees, providing key insights for talent management and decision-making.

The admin has access to three types of rating distribution graphs:

1. Bar graph

   
2. Line graph

   
3. Bell curve

Employee details

The Performance Administrator can access employee information with relevant parameters to support informed and fair calibration discussions. This section provides three main types of information:

1. Demographic – Employee profile and background details

2. Current Review Feedback – Feedback from the ongoing review cycle

3. Past Review Ratings – Historical performance ratings

The admin can customize the view within each category by selecting relevant parameters using the Manage Columns feature.

Talent card

A Talent Card provides a detailed snapshot of an employee, including their performance rating, promotion status, and manager comments, enabling line managers or skip-level managers to make informed decisions. It also includes a link to view the complete Employee Form for a comprehensive review.

For more information on the talent card, click here.