Rethinking Performance Improvement
Briefly

Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) are typically ineffective in truly enhancing employee performance and often act as a bureaucratic step towards termination. The article suggests a more constructive alternative: Feedback Improvement Plans (FIPs). Unlike PIPs, which can demotivate employees, FIPs focus on improving the feedback environment and creating accountability among leadership. This approach promotes a culture of ongoing development, prioritizing proactive support over reactive discipline, thereby addressing potential performance issues before they escalate.
Performance Improvement Plans often serve as a bureaucratic step toward termination rather than genuinely helping employees improve; a shift to Feedback Improvement Plans is needed for real growth.
FIPs emphasize improving the feedback environment and leadership accountability, fostering a culture centered on ongoing development rather than reactive discipline.
Read at Psychology Today
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