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Performance calibration

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, performance calibration means: A process in which managers compare proposed performance judgements to apply standards more consistently across employees or teams.

In Turkish: performans değerlendirmelerinin kalibrasyonu

How it is used

Use for aligning interpretation of standards; it need not require a fixed proportion of high and low ratings.

Example sentences

  1. Performance calibration revealed that two managers used the same rating label very differently.

    Comparing judgements exposes inconsistency in the meaning of ratings.

  2. During performance calibration, reviewers asked for work examples before changing any rating.

    Evidence supports consistency rather than allowing ratings to be negotiated without basis.

Common collocations

  • performance calibration meeting
  • calibrate performance ratings
  • performance reviewA regular formal meeting in which a manager and an employee discuss how well the employee has done their job, agree on a rating and set goals for the next period.
  • benchmarkA standard or reference point used to compare performance, such as a competitor's results or an industry average; as a verb, to make that comparison.

More terms: Performance Management

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