Skills Mapping vs Performance Evaluation
Skills mapping and performance evaluation are related, but they answer different organizational questions.
Confusing them can reduce the usefulness of both.
Performance Evaluation
Asks how well an employee has performed against expected responsibilities and objectives. It focuses on results, targets, and current execution.
Skills Mapping
Asks what capabilities a person possesses, regardless of their current role, and where those capabilities could be deployed in the future.
Different dimensions
An employee can have high performance but lack skills for the future, or low performance in their current role while possessing strong, underutilized skills.
Why both are needed
Performance tells you about current execution; skills mapping helps you understand capability. A complete talent strategy requires both perspectives.
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