Our reader poll today asks: How often do you see associates successfully complete a performance improvement plan (PIP) and fully rectify their performance issues?
- They succeed all the time – 2%
- They succeed most of the time – 18%
- They succeed some of the time – 40%
- They rarely succeed – 35%
- They never succeed – 4%
Your role in performance improvement. You report that 80% of the time, associates fail to rectify PIP behavior with only some chance of success. The big question here is why don’t they succeed more? If you’re putting someone on a PIP, ask yourself if the plan is reasonable and achievable. Assess that assistance or resources they’ll need to successfully complete it. This might mean more of your time coaching them, investments in training or tools, or helping them navigate challenges with their coworkers. You can be a critical determinant of the person’s success or failure with respect to a PIP. Avoid the temptation to write them off as not being “fixable” – remember – you likely hired them at one point because you saw what they were capable of. Help them achieve that level of performance again.
– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC
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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.
