Category: Performance Management and Appraisals
It’s one of the toughest responsibilities managers and supervisors are asked to complete — performance reviews / appraisals. Here’s help in detail about how to get it done quickly, efficiently, but above all USEFUL.
Here’s How To Make Employee Evaluations Valuable
Small shifts in mindset about managing performance and doing appraisals is all it takes. Despite exhortations to abolish performance appraisals by experts, bloggers, and luminaries such as Edward Deming, and Coens & Jenkins, they are alive, if not well. They…
Managers — Are You Getting The Information You Need To Do A Good Job?!
OR…Managers — Why Won’t Your Employees Talk To You? It’s a very odd question…but an important one in government. One of the worst feelings a government manager, executive or supervisor can experience is that dreadful sinking feeling that occurs when…
How Effective Reviews Differ From Ineffective Ones
Yes, there is such a thing as an effective performance review. Here’s how to get there. Unclear vs. Clear Definition There are currently a lot of definitions and different terms used to describe meetings where performance is discussed. For example,…
Common Managerial Mistakes Series: Performance Appraisal Goofs
If it wasn’t for the managers, communication about employee performance could work very well. Here are common errors Performance appraisals are probably the most misused, and goofed-up management tool in existence. Starting from misunderstanding the whole point of appraisals, right…
Common Managerial Mistakes: Confusing Evaluation Forms With Performance Review Process
In most companies, managers are expected to complete forms or otherwise document what occurs during performance review meetings. We’ll explain why this expectation exists. But before we get to that, let’s discuss some issues about performance reviews and forms. Confusion…
Stamping Out Blame: What Managers And Leaders Can DO!
Conflict Management And Resolution Series: #2 Stamping Out Blame: What Can Leaders And Managers DO? (Part 2 of 2) Note: In Part 1, we talked about how important it is to move away from a blaming culture, which is prevalent…
