Best-Practice Discussionperformance managementUrgency: Low
Rating inflation is making calibration meaningless
Hana Suzuki · 8 Jun 2026 · Japan · Manufacturing · 1000+ employees
Eighty-one percent of employees were rated above expectations this cycle. Calibration sessions turn into managers defending their own teams rather than comparing evidence.
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Hana Suzuki · 9 Jun 202629 upvotes
We stopped asking managers to justify ratings and started asking them to present two pieces of evidence per person, with the rating hidden until after. Distribution corrected itself without a forced curve.
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