Cisco puts end to employee ratings

BENGALURU: Managers at Cisco will now be asked how they intend to invest in employees rather than having to rate them, thereby bringing about a change in how the company does performance management.

The technology conglomerate is turning around the traditional model of performance management — where a manager rates an employee — to ask managers how they intend to invest in their team. The step will focus on how team leaders can help employees develop their skills, and how the company can hold them accountable for following through with these, Ashley Goodall, the senior vice-president of leadership and team intelligence at Cisco, told ET.