Best Practices for Holding Calibration Sessions
Ensure fair and consistent ratings across your organization
Calibration sessions help ensure that performance ratings are consistent across managers and departments. This article shares best practices for running effective calibration sessions using Zal.ai.
This article is relevant to: Admins, HR
Feature: Reviews
Preparing for Calibration
- Review the distribution: Go to My Team's Appraisals to see the rating distribution across the organization.
- Filter by manager: Compare how different managers rate their teams.
- Identify outliers: Look for managers whose distributions differ significantly from the norm.
- Export data: Click Export for deeper analysis in a spreadsheet.
During the Session
- Compare ratings across managers for similar roles
- Discuss the criteria for each rating level
- Look at both AI-suggested ratings and manager-selected ratings
- Ensure one manager's "Exceeds Expectations" aligns with others'
Using Zal.ai for Calibration
- View both AI and manager ratings in the calibration view
- Request changes by sending reviews back to managers with feedback
- Approve reviews that are ready to publish
After Calibration
Once calibrated, approve reviews so managers can publish them to employees.