Performance Reviews
For most managers, conducting effective performance reviews is the most daunting part of their job. Don’t look on it with dread! Make your performance appraisals work for you, not against you with these tools: performance review examples, tips on writing employee reviews, sample performance reviews and employee evaluation forms.
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The best managers actually like performance reviews. They look forward
to giving feedback and helping employees devise ways to learn and grow
on the job.
One of the most important but vastly overlooked aspects of good management is telling employees how they’re doing. Many workers operate in the dark, wondering whether the boss loves or hates them.
You’ve tried talking to a worker about poor performance. But all your
coaching, prodding and follow-up hasn’t accomplished much. Now’s the
time for a one-page “pre-probationary” memo.
Chief executives often tell us that one of their favorite ways to evaluate managers is to watch how they make decisions. And it’s true: The way people seek out facts, process information and communicate their conclusions reveals much about their poise and leadership.
Q. I work at a software firm in San Francisco. It’s supposedly a hip
company, but I’m fed up. I was promised a performance review every six
months, but after 14 months I’m still waiting. And when I asked for
leave to be with my wife when she had a baby, the company’s personnel
person said, “We may have to dock your pay. I’ll get back to you.” She
never did. The company’s CEO keeps saying that we’re in an industry
with no accepted business model. But is that an excuse for running a
sloppy business?
If you’re fed up with an employee’s poor performance, don’t just criticize or demand better work.
A federal district court in Minnesota recently decided that menopause is not a disability covered under ADA.
Q. For seven years, I’ve worked for a small construction company. To
ensure advancement, I attended college at night to get an accounting
degree. My boss recently told me that I have not stepped up to the
plate to make any real contributions.
Beware of a probe recently launched by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Q. I’m fed up with waiting six months for a great performance review, only to get a measly little raise. This has gone on for four years. What can I do to break this cycle?
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