When Performance Management Issues Escalate Unneccessarily
How Can HR Strengthen Manager Judgement Across Different Working Styles?
We will be hosting a focused virtual session for HR leaders exploring a pattern many organisations are seeing more clearly: performance issues escalating to HR unnecessarily. Differences in how people think and work are not new. What is changing is the level of awareness — and the pressure on managers to apply judgement fairly and consistently in situations that are harder to interpret. This session will examine where performance judgement breaks down in practice, and what helps managers make clearer calls before issues escalate.
Uptimize founder Ed Thompson will be joined by lead Subject Matter Expert Áine Maher for a practical discussion grounded in real organisational experience.
Together, they will explore:
- Why performance issues are escalating despite established frameworks
- How increased awareness of different working styles is affecting manager judgement
- Where performance decisions commonly become unclear or inconsistent - What helps managers apply standards more confidently and consistently
- How HR teams can reduce escalation without adding process
This session is designed for HR Business Partners, Heads of People, and HR leaders looking to strengthen performance consistency and reduce unnecessary ER burden.