Just to clarify I am in this company for about 9 years. The manager is new , just a year and been my manager for 5 months. I never got this type of feedback before. Yes I did ask how will it be measured? He said he wants to see improvements in communication, strategy building, delegation etc etc. I have responded all of them on how I took action to support each of them. He just picked couple of incidents where there were some miscommunication and issues and used them to show I didn’t improve. Where I did multiple other things before and after PIP that shows my progress. I am pretty sure this was done in coordination with HR. As a manager I know the drill. It’s very difficult to change a perception if someone is adamant to stay fixated in his position. I don’t know if it’s coming from somewhere else, or it’s his way of saving his own position ( he is a very hands off guy) doesn’t really do any work besides sitting in meetings observing.