Part of the reason so many managers despise doing performance appraisals is because the process of appraising performance, in their minds, begins and ends with the appraisal document— the thing you often have to send to human resources. Wrong!
If you are guilty of having this perspective, we would like to offer you a comparison: Let’s suppose that you are going to pay your annual income taxes (a task we highly recommend). In general, you know that this task occurs every April 15th, right? You might get a reprieve if the 15th falls on the weekend, but if you’re someone who waits until the last minute (and you have a lot of company), the 15th is your date. If you know this sacred U.S. event is about to occur, at what point ...
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