Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step into Management, Ninth Edition

APPRAISALS AND CAREER PLANNING

It is inevitable and fortuitous that going through the evaluation process frequently causes employees to review their own career progress or master plans. More than anything else, an appraisal tells you how you are doing and whether you should make adjustments to your long-term career path. It is a time of self-evaluation.

As a front-line supervisor, you will want to tie your appraisals to the future planning of your employees. If they receive weak appraisals, what can they do to make improvements before the next period arrives? What self-improvement projects might they undertake to eliminate deficiencies?

Mrs. Petronzio was the director of a convalescent home with a staff of thirty-six. This year, for the first ...