Performance Appraisals That Work

5 Steps for Conducting Honest, Performance-Improving Reviews

When you read this section you'll get step-by-step guidance for the five key elements of performance reviews, plus:

• 3 main sections every performance review should have
• The first rule of thumb for evaluating performance
• Where to begin – 2 reasons you may not need a review at all, what should the timing be, and how to avoid sabotaging the review before it starts
• How 15 minutes per month can take the fear out of performance reviews for both sides
• The worst thing you can do in an annual performance review
• Do you provide a written review in advance of a face-to-face meeting? Here's why you shouldn't
• 3 important steps to prepare for a review
• Why your face-to-face sit-down should be one hour or less
• Ask these two questions if you and the employee aren't on the same page
• Managing expectations for the ";ready to move up"; and ";simply content"; employee
• How to organize the written review - whether you have a standard form or not
• Use these key tips before writing the official performance review
• How to express poor performance and areas for improvement without provoking hostility, defensiveness or leaving the employee feeling dejected
• How to convey employee strengths and positives in a way that doesn't backfire

Stumbling Blocks: 18 Ways Performance Reviews Run Off The Rails

By the time you get to this section you'll know how to use annual reviews as a valuable management tool. But you also need to watch out for these, and many other, landmines including:

• The #1 reason performance reviews fail
• Why you must fight the recency effect to write a complete review
• How managers unknowingly sabotage any hope of an employee improving their performance after the review
• Why combining compensation with the performance review undermines the entire process
• The managerial behavior that screams ";you're not important"; to an employee

5 Ready-Made Practical Tools That Take the Guesswork Out of Performance Reviews

Fact is, knowing what to do and what not to do is great – but how do you put it into practice? These handy tools and examples demonstrate with specificity everything the Blueprint laid out.

1. 24-point, Printable Performance Review Checklist
2. 8-Question Employee Self Evaluation Questionnaire
3. 7 Examples of Complete Written Evaluations for Different Scenarios
4. 25 Effective Phrases to Use in Written Performance Review
5. 25 Phrases NOT to Use in Written Performance Review

This ResourcefulManager Performance Review Blueprint provides a success plan and tools you can use to make your job as a manager easier, less painful and more rewarding. And create a positive work environment where employees are engaged, motivated and highly productive.

The only thing standing in your way is $67 and one afternoon of reading. Is it worth it?