Beyond Meritocracy: 6 Ways IT Employee Performance Evaluations Are Changing

Management expert Josh Bersin, the principal and founder of Bersin by Deloitte, explains that companies are moving to more constant feedback through weekly and quarterly discussions with an employee about performance. "[These discussions] are about what a person can do to improve, what they're doing well, and recognizing when people are doing a good job."

2. Emerging Apps for Employee Performance Evaluation

IT can lead the charge when it comes to using new evaluation apps. Some of the best tools to track ongoing performance include Work.com and Peoplefluent.com. Like a dashboard tool used to monitor a website, these tools use a subjective and ongoing tracking methodology.

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One such tool, Kapta, uses agile management in a real-time scorecard app. Says Kapta CEO Alex Raymond: "Smart companies are turning from annual performance management exercises to an ongoing process of setting objectives, aligning work and providing feedback. It's no longer enough to just be a HR-driven practice. Instead, this is a leadership imperative and a core part of the management system of the entire company."