Conducting Valuable Performance Appraisals

Today's successful managers and supervisors know that performance appraisals, when used effectively, are valuable tools that can be used not only for salary review purposes, but to help employees improve their performance and achieve greater self-satisfaction from their job.

Participants will examine the performance review cycle; discover the value of involving the employee in the review process; recognize the importance of prior planning before conducting the performance review interview; acquire skills to deliver effective feedback; and learn how to develop a plan of action designed to improve employee performance.

Objective: Increase skills to provide employees with performance feedback that will help them grow and achieve personal and organizational goals.

By the end of this program participants will be able to:

• Assess their effectiveness as an evaluator
• Understand the objectives of performance evaluation
• Identify the five stages in the performance review cycle
• Set and measure objective standards for performance
• Establish the scale used to rate performance
• Involve employees in the review process
• Observe and document performance
• Prepare for performance review interviews
• Conduct performance review interviews
• Provide clear and effective feedback
• Develop employee performance improvement plans