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How to Say It Performance Reviews Book Review

The How to Say It guides are famous for clearly explaining steps to communicating effectively in business and other situations. In this release, How to Say It Performance Reviews, two corporate trainers (Meryl Runion and Janelle Brittain) take the tedious task of performance reviews and teaches how to effectively write them. Unlike many performance review […]

Attendance & Punctuality: Sample Performance Review Phrases

Attendance and punctuality is one of the simplest things to rate an employee on if you have accurate time keeping records. Unfortunately, this is also one of the touchiest areas as many employees do not like discussing being late or dealing with lunch and other breaks properly. However, you can be sensitive and firm by […]

Understanding the Performance Management Cycle

The performance review is one piece of the performance management cycle. Unfortunately, countless managers have never had formal performance management training and simply do a performance review like a zombie once a year without any regard for the long term performance management opportunities available to them. The Performance Management Cycle has three components: Goal setting […]

Albert Einstein Performance Review

Did you ever stop and ponder the connection between relativity and performance review. We found a pretty funny performance review for Albert Einstein to show how ridiculous performance reviews can be. I especially liked this line: Regrettably, I had to put you down as “poor” for “works well with others” and “shares credit appropriately.” You […]