Productive Performance Appraisals, Second Edition

Preface

Does the thought of conducting performance appraisals for your employees make you cringe? Is it something you tend to put off until you “have the time’”? Does the idea of telling grown men and women that they have not been “living up to their potential” make your palms sweat and your throat dry? Don’t feel bad. You are not alone.

Many supervisors look upon performance appraisals as one of the most uncomfortable tasks that they are called upon to do, and if they had a say in it, they might eliminate altogether any formal meeting that could be called a performance appraisal. But their feelings—and possibly yours—are a bit out of focus. Performance appraisals serve a very useful role in the workplace and, if done right, provide you with an ...