Modern Business Magazine April 2016 | Page 49

MODERN WORKPLACE regular conversations into the mix there was a notable improvement in productivity and employee engagement, when the conversations were handled well. In fact, the Corporate Leadership Council tells us that when informal feedback is delivered well it can improve productivity by nearly 40%. Now that’s pretty compelling. A recent PwC study conducted in Australia showed that 81% of companies had performance management systems which were only “somewhat effective” at achieving their goals. Adobe, a global software business, estimates that their annual performance reviews were costing them 80,000 hours of managers’ ti