Give Employee Feedback

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

—Socrates

In This Chapter

  • General employee feedback.
  • Specific guidance for employee feedback during performance reviews.
  • How the manager prepares for it.
  • How to recognize achievement.
  • How to engage in straight talk on needed improvements.
  • How to actively listen to the employee.
  • How to handle disagreements.
  • How to ensure key outcomes from the meeting.
  • How to plan for follow-up.

It’s performance appraisal time, a time most managers look forward to about as much as they would an annual medical checkup. Appraisals don’t involve getting poked and prodded as much as physicals, but ...

Get The Manager's Communication Toolbox now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.