What is the difference between the New Assessment, the Good Conversation and a Continuous Dialogue

The new evaluation is a methodology for organizations to look at employee performance assessment in a new way. The business economist Jacco van den Berg is one of the founders of the theory and wrote a book about it. The key principles:

• Focus more on the employee's strengths.
• Make employees responsible for their business goals and development.
• Conduct a continuous dialogue about performance and development.

One of the principles is increasing conversation frequency and transitioning to a continuous dialogue.

A continuous dialogue means that the manager and employee engage in ongoing conversations throughout the year about various topics including: goals, development, and career.

One way to maintain ongoing conversations is the 'good conversation' mentioned above. The good conversation often replaces traditional planning, performance, and appraisal interviews. A continuous dialogue means that good conversations are also followed up with monthly 1:1 meetings between manager and employee.

Learned has been developing a performance management tool since 2018 that helps companies implement a continuous conversation cycle. What makes Learned's performance management software unique are the development conversations. Using Artificial Intelligence, the system facilitates development conversations based on relevant skills & competencies for the employee.

If you still have questions about the differences between these conversations, don't hesitate to contact one of our professionals.