Save Time Writing Performance ReviewsJennifer supervises her staff quite well. We are frequently impressed with the raw numbers coming from her group, but we are excited about the qualitative aspects of her management skills. These attributes will carry her far.
Kevin is the consummate professional and manages his staff with apparent ease. His direct reports frequently mention how much they enjoy working for Kevin.
Brenda snoops around her co-workers too much.
Greg seems to have a natural gift for speaking, yet does not understand that he needs to listen to people speaking with him. Unfortunately, this results in many misunderstandings that could have been avoided.
Yoli is not a good listener. She seems to always be thinking about what she is going to say next and does not provide active feedback to the person speaking.
Life is busy. Work is busy. Some of us feel overloaded at work with more to do than we have time to accomplish it in. Unfortunately, it seems like everything on our plate is urgent and we can never get to the important tasks. When it comes time to invest in improving ourselves, we can […]
Many of us blindly accept the premise of the performance appraisal system and do not question its effectiveness. In his article, Don’t Redesign Your Company’s Performance Appraisal System, Scrap It! Fred Nickols advocates dumping the entire system. He believes the hard costs (billions of dollars annually) and unknown soft costs are not worth the return […]
I’ve found most performance reviews to be uncomfortable experiences. At times I wondered what’s wrong with me? Is it normal to dislike the performance review process. After reading Samuel Culbert’s new book, Get Rid of the Performance Review!: How Companies Can Stop Intimidating, Start Managing – and Focus on What Really Matters, I understand why […]
Tom is a decent task manager, but falls short when it comes to setting a vision.
Barry reports necessary information to his coworkers.