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Is Your Performance System Working as Well as You Think?
A 10-minute diagnostic that reveals what billions in merit pay are actually built on
The Hidden Crisis in Performance Management
The Uncomfortable Truth
A staggering 83% of HR leaders acknowledge their performance systems require a complete overhaul. Yet year after year, organizations continue allocating billions of dollars in merit-based compensation using data they fundamentally don't trust. This disconnect creates a dangerous cycle of uncertainty that undermines both employee confidence and organizational effectiveness.
Traditional engagement surveys capture sentiment and perception, but they fail to measure what truly matters: the structural effectiveness of your performance system itself. Meanwhile, influential advisory firms like ISS and Glass Lewis are shaping critical board-level conversations about compensation with incomplete and often superficial inputs that miss the underlying system dynamics.
83% Need Overhaul
HR leaders admit their performance systems are fundamentally broken and require complete redesign
Billions at Stake
Companies allocate merit pay using unvalidated data, creating massive financial and cultural risk
Fragmented & Biased Data
Board decisions rely on sentiment surveys instead of system effectiveness measurements
Introducing The Performance Grade
A transparent, independent evaluation of your system's design quality
What We Measure
Performance.FYI provides an independent, comprehensive evaluation of your performance management system's structural integrity. Our methodology examines the foundational elements that determine whether your system drives fairness, clarity, and meaningful outcomes.
We assess five critical dimensions that separate high-performing systems from those that generate confusion, bias, and wasted resources. Each dimension is evaluated against best-practice benchmarks derived from leading organizations.
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Goal-Setting Architecture
Clarity, alignment, and measurability of objectives
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Feedback & Review Quality
Frequency, structure, and actionability of conversations
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Calibration & Fairness
Consistency, bias mitigation, and equity safeguards
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Ratings & Outcomes
Distribution logic, differentiation, and consequence clarity
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Job Architecture Alignment
Role clarity, career pathways, and compensation connection
Clear Letter Grade
Simple A–F rating that communicates system health instantly
Peer Benchmarking
See how your system compares to industry and market leaders
Risk Profile
Transparency score and identification of critical vulnerabilities
How It Works
Three simple steps to understand your performance system's true effectiveness
Step 1: Diagnostic
Complete our structured 10-minute assessment that examines both process design and employee experience. Our questions are specifically designed to uncover gaps that traditional surveys miss.
Step 2: Analysis
Our proprietary methodology combines your process data with experience inputs, comparing your responses against validated benchmarks from high-performing organizations across industries.
Step 3: Results
Receive an actionable grade and detailed scorecard showing exactly where your system excels and where critical improvements are needed to drive better outcomes.
"Glassdoor for systems — but without opinions."
Finally, a way to evaluate the infrastructure of performance management with the same rigor we apply to financial systems and operational processes.
Why The Performance Grade Matters
Different stakeholders, one shared need: visibility into system quality
CFOs & Board Members
Use Case: Validate return on investment for performance systems before major compensation cycles begin
Why It Resonates: Directly links pay spend to measurable system quality, providing financial justification for HR investments and revealing hidden cost drivers from system inefficiencies
CHROs & HR Executives
Use Case: Deploy a modern alternative to traditional engagement surveys that focuses on structural effectiveness
Why It Resonates: Shifts the conversation from subjective sentiment to objective system design, providing concrete data to support transformation initiatives and budget requests
Compensation Committees
Use Case: Supplement ISS and Glass Lewis metrics with structured workforce metrics
Why It Resonates: Brings rigor and transparency to qualitative governance judgments, helping committees demonstrate due diligence and proactive risk management to shareholders
HRBPs & Business Leaders
Use Case: Create clear boundaries between performance conversations and compensation decisions
Why It Resonates: Reduces bias and confusion by establishing objective standards, making difficult conversations easier and more defensible with data-driven clarity
Investors & Analysts
Use Case: Access an early signal of human capital governance quality and organizational health
Why It Resonates: Provides a tangible, standardized benchmark for assessing "culture risk" and leadership effectiveness, filling a critical gap in ESG and due diligence frameworks
CEOs & Founders
Use Case: Build meritocracy and fairness into company culture before scaling or going public
Why It Resonates: Connects intentional culture design to valuation narrative, demonstrating operational maturity to investors and creating sustainable competitive advantage through talent

Universal Value: Regardless of role or industry, the Performance Grade provides a common language for discussing system effectiveness. It transforms performance management from a subjective HR function into a strategic business capability with measurable outcomes.