Performance Management Playbook · for People leaders at 200–2,000-employee companies
Reviews people actually trust.
Reviews that drag on for weeks, managers who rate differently, people who can't see how they're judged. This playbook shows a simpler way to run reviews, calibration and goals.
You leave with 3 specific fixes for your review cycle, whether or not you ever buy anything. A short call to walk through your diagnostic and see whether Revolut People is a fit.
- 15 minutes
- No preparation needed
- 3 specific fixes
“We were able to define every single role in the organisation, from top to bottom, in 3 weeks.”Matthew Maher, Chief People Officer, Cleo
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What happens on the 15-minute discovery call: you walk Ash through how your current review cycle runs. He points out where it loses time or fairness. You leave with 3 specific fixes for your review cycle, whether or not you ever buy anything, plus an optional price for your headcount if you want one. See what you get.
FAQ
Discovery call FAQ
What happens on the discovery call?
Fifteen focused minutes, no sales pitch. We’ll look at how your teams deliver today, where performance and manager coaching start to slip as you scale, and what that’s costing you in output, delivery timelines and top talent. You’ll hear how Revolut tackled the same challenge on its way to 20,000 people. If there’s a fit, we’ll plan a deeper session built around your team. If not, you’ll still walk away knowing exactly where performance is leaking.
Customer results
What People teams changed with Revolut People
“We were able to define every single role in the organisation, from top to bottom, in 3 weeks.”Read the Cleo story →
“Just six months after implementation, we saw managers and employees proactively using Revolut People during their 1:1 conversations.”Read the Paynetics story →
▶ Watch the VEED customer testimonial videoSee all customer stories · How Revolut sped up its engagement reviews · Source: Revolut People published customer stories.
Inside the playbook
Three parts, each usable on its own
Reviews
A short scorecard per role so managers rate the same things the same way. See the review template. Then pick your employee performance rating scales and competency matrix templates.
Calibration
A meeting format that settles ratings in one session instead of several. How to run calibration.
Goals
Goals that link straight to the review, so the conversation starts from agreed targets. Read the 5-step performance management framework. Step by step: how to set goals that actually cascade.
Free tools
Free tools for People teams
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Start here: the performance management framework in 5 steps, with a diagram. Weighing up a new HR system? Use the free HRIS switch checker alongside the performance management software buyer’s guide. Then read the guides on manager training for performance management and employee development plans and career conversations, or browse all performance management guides.
Background reading: How Revolut filters talent · HR Chief interview with Andrei Oprisor
About Ash
Ash Taherian
Ash is Product Sales Executive at Revolut People, based in Dublin. He helps CPOs, People leaders and HR teams at scale-ups make performance management clear, continuous and easier to run, so goals, feedback and reviews stop living in disconnected tools and managers carry less of the load.
Before Revolut People he was Director of North American Sales at Avaya, where he delivered 137% of target (8,900 seats vs a 6,500 goal), and he was recognised as an Avaya Sales Champion. He has also worked at Vodafone Business (Senior Business Development Manager) and ThreatLocker (Enterprise Sales Team Lead, EMEA). He has worked with large multinational companies, acting as their trusted advisor.
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What happens on the 15-min call
For People leaders and CPOs at companies of 200–2,000 employees. In 15 minutes you walk me through how your review cycle runs today: goals, reviews, calibration and the tools behind them. I point out where it loses time or fairness. You leave with 3 specific fixes you can use whether or not you buy anything, plus an optional Revolut People price for your headcount.
About this site: People Performance Playbook is Ash Taherian’s personal resource site. Ash works at Revolut People; views here are his own.