Idea 85: Setting objectives
‘Appraisal interview’ is a familiar term in the lexicon of management. This is a regular interview, sometimes as infrequently as once or twice a year, when a manager sits down with their subordinate and appraises the work of the subordinate against their objectives. ‘Don’t tell me that the man is doing good work,’ said Andrew Carnegie to one of his plant bosses. ‘Tell me what good work he is doing.’
During an appraisal meeting you should create an environment where you can have a constructive dialogue with a subordinate (or superior or colleague, for that matter) on the following agenda:
- Past performance.
- Future work to be done, targets, priorities, standards and strategies.
- Matching perceptions of what each can reasonably ...
