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Self Evaluation Performance Phrases: Part 1

It’s easy to say you can use any performance review phrase, change it to “I” or “me” and be finished with your performance review – but it’s not always that simple. You want your phrases to be honest, accurate, but not too harsh. Phrases criticizing performance need to be well balanced. We’ve compiled a list […]

Creativity and Innovation: Sample Performance Review Phrases

We are an innovative society. Creative people used to be abnormal, now some measure of creativity is expected in all of us. Creativity and innovation in your job can make or break your career: the trick is balancing your creativity and innovating in the right way. Failures do occur in an innovative workplace: how you […]

Cooperation: Sample Performance Review Phrases

Most companies have evolved from a “command and control” structure to one of at least a team based environment, if not a fully matrixed work environment. For the manager, this makes cooperation among teammates and among groups essential for success. For employees, receiving cooperation from other employees and other departments is often the only way […]

Communication: Sample Performance Review Phrases

Communication on teams is essential for high performance and often one of the first things to break down. Team members and managers that promote healthy communication can turn bad situations into good ones, failing projects into successful projects, and poor performers into good employees. As with our other sample performance review phrases articles, we break […]

Attitude: Sample Performance Review Phrases

A good attitude is one of the most important traits an employee could have. I will take a pleasant and good attitude over almost anything else when I hire someone and would promote someone with a good attitude over someone who has a poor attitude, yet better job skills. A good attitude is so crucial […]

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 […]

Sample Performance Appraisal for Customer Service Positions

Customer service is one of most difficult positions to manage – high turnover, unsatisfied employees, large number of employees, difficult situations all add up to a nightmare during performance review time for most supervisors and managers. We provide this sample performance appraisal for customer service positions to help you write performance reviews for your employees. […]