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Escalation of Commitment Bias
It is a pattern, in which a person clings to a previous point of view, without considering the new evidence that refutes or changes it. As time goes by, the person clings on more and more to the old perspective of it, not realizing that it is becoming harmful.
For example, when we assess a person on a particular line, we are alarmed by a particular factor that we will later continue to believe is in future assessments, despite the fact that reality indicates that it has already been resolved.
Also, we have definitions of other types of biases: From Similarity, Memory, Central Tendency, Confirmation and Gender.
We give you the keys that can affect your rational judgment so that you can participate in a performance assessment process without falling into possible cognitive biases. You will help your collaborators to develop their talent by providing an objective and constructive vision.
Nowadays, with the available technologies, carrying out performance appraisal processes is very simple. But to carry it out effectively, we must reflect on a series of errors into which we can sometimes fall and we must become aware of them in order to avoid them and make our initiative a success!
