STEP SIX:

Assess the Team Regularly for Top Performance

  • Why use assessments?
  • Team leader assessment
  • Team member assessment
  • Tips for using assessments

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

—Dale Carnegie

Have you ever had a performance appraisal and been surprised by the results? For most of us, the answer probably is "yes." Instead of giving you immediate feedback, your manager saved it up and delivered it to you in your year-end performance review—when it was too late to do anything about it. Don't you wish you would have gotten feedback earlier, so you could have corrected the situation right away? Conducting an assessment is a way for team ...

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