Dear All,
Please find attached document Performance Review : The art of Understanding What it is ?
Performance reviews are a delicate matter. Most managers want to write good, fair, and professional performance appraisals, but it’s not always easy to find the perfect words & phrases.
A Manager have to do a performance appraisal, to describe the performance of any employee in 74 skill areas from “Accuracy” to “Initiative” to “Productivity” to “Time Management Skills.”
Keeping in view that there are five major performance levels that are used on many performance appraisal forms:
1. Outstanding
2. Exceeds Expectations
3. Meets Expectations
4. Needs Improvement
5. Unacceptable
A manager have to use his knowledge including general descriptions of employee performance, such as “shows strong initiative, ”as well as specific behavioursal recommendations, such as “needs repeated instruction when learning a new task.”
This document would also help Managers identify Knowledge, Skills & Attitude gaps and recommend for future training / enhancement of individual appraisee.
The Table of contents are mentioned below :
Table of Contents
P R E F A C E 3
PLANNING, CONDUCTING & WRITNG A PERFORMANCE REVIEW 4
SETTING PERFORMANCE GOALS 5
WHAT IS A GOAL? 5
WHY DO WE WRITE GOALS? 5
HOW DO YOU WRITE GOALS? 6
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WILL YOU NEED? 6
SOME GUIDELINES: 6
WHAT IF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE? 7
DOCUMENTING CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOURS 9
DOCUMENTING SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOUR HELPS IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN THE INTERVIEW. 9
WRITING THE APPRAISAL 11
COMMON PERFORMANCE REVIEW ERRORS 12
LEGAL ISSUES 14
CONDUCTING THE REVIEW 15
MAKING THE SESSION GO SMOOTHLY 18
HOW TO TALK ABOUT SALARY 19
PERFECT PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS 20
SKILL AREAS - ALPHABETICAL 21
SKILL AREAS – TOPIC - WISE 24
GENERAL JOB SKILLS/TRAITS 24
TECHNICAL SKILLS 24
PRODUCTIVITY 24
MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP/SUPERVISORY 25
MANAGEMENT CONTROL 25
COMMUNICATIONS/INTERPERSONAL 25
PERSONAL QUALITIES/CHARACTERISTICS 26
This would be of help to all those who are in a mangerial function having people reporting to them and to all those who are stepping into the shoes of a manager.
Hope it is liked and put to use by all those who access it.
Looking forward to your inputs do refine this document further.
warm regards
Dharmandar Attal
Mindseye Consultants
eMail :
Cell : +91 9810643099
From India, New Delhi
18Please find attached document Performance Review : The art of Understanding What it is ?
Performance reviews are a delicate matter. Most managers want to write good, fair, and professional performance appraisals, but it’s not always easy to find the perfect words & phrases.
A Manager have to do a performance appraisal, to describe the performance of any employee in 74 skill areas from “Accuracy” to “Initiative” to “Productivity” to “Time Management Skills.”
Keeping in view that there are five major performance levels that are used on many performance appraisal forms:
1. Outstanding
2. Exceeds Expectations
3. Meets Expectations
4. Needs Improvement
5. Unacceptable
A manager have to use his knowledge including general descriptions of employee performance, such as “shows strong initiative, ”as well as specific behavioursal recommendations, such as “needs repeated instruction when learning a new task.”
This document would also help Managers identify Knowledge, Skills & Attitude gaps and recommend for future training / enhancement of individual appraisee.
The Table of contents are mentioned below :
Table of Contents
P R E F A C E 3
PLANNING, CONDUCTING & WRITNG A PERFORMANCE REVIEW 4
SETTING PERFORMANCE GOALS 5
WHAT IS A GOAL? 5
WHY DO WE WRITE GOALS? 5
HOW DO YOU WRITE GOALS? 6
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WILL YOU NEED? 6
SOME GUIDELINES: 6
WHAT IF GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE? 7
DOCUMENTING CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOURS 9
DOCUMENTING SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOUR HELPS IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN THE INTERVIEW. 9
WRITING THE APPRAISAL 11
COMMON PERFORMANCE REVIEW ERRORS 12
LEGAL ISSUES 14
CONDUCTING THE REVIEW 15
MAKING THE SESSION GO SMOOTHLY 18
HOW TO TALK ABOUT SALARY 19
PERFECT PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS 20
SKILL AREAS - ALPHABETICAL 21
SKILL AREAS – TOPIC - WISE 24
GENERAL JOB SKILLS/TRAITS 24
TECHNICAL SKILLS 24
PRODUCTIVITY 24
MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP/SUPERVISORY 25
MANAGEMENT CONTROL 25
COMMUNICATIONS/INTERPERSONAL 25
PERSONAL QUALITIES/CHARACTERISTICS 26
This would be of help to all those who are in a mangerial function having people reporting to them and to all those who are stepping into the shoes of a manager.
Hope it is liked and put to use by all those who access it.
Looking forward to your inputs do refine this document further.
warm regards
Dharmandar Attal
Mindseye Consultants
eMail :
Cell : +91 9810643099
From India, New Delhi
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