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Tag Archives: Performance Evaluation
To Be A Successful Manager, Manage Your Manager
If you’re a manager, you must train your manager on matters regarding your employees, such as the following, for the sake of your employees. Communication Expectations (your employees, and your manager’s of your employees) Feedback Opportunities Assignments For many reasons, … Continue reading
Constructive Evaluations Require Fully Informed Participants
If you’re going to make a negative comment about an employee in an evaluation, make sure you are fully informed about the matter. Have a conversation with the employee before completing the evaluation. Ask what was done and why. You … Continue reading
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Don’t Sacrifice Yourself
Movies, books, and even society at times make it seem noble to sacrifice yourself at work. It isn’t. There is no reward for accepting a failure, especially someone else’s. It’s seldom appreciated and rarely recognized, but, can be very damaging … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethics, Office Politics, Performance, Performance Evaluation, Termination
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Generally, people remember your most recent accomplishments only, and never forget your failures.
Bring Your Back-Up To An Interview
If you’re a job hopper or worried about being disparaged by a vengeful former employer, bring copies of stellar performance evaluations with you to interviews. The evaluations illustrate the returns previous employers received from their investment in you, and refute … Continue reading
Improve Success By Inventorying Performance Evaluations
Hang on to your performance evaluations and create a record or index of highlights within each. Your evaluations serve as a reminder of accomplishments, aiding future job searches, interviews, and reference requests. They provide a means of tracking changes and … Continue reading
Flipping Performance Evals
If your boss wants to have a conversation regarding your performance, try to see the positive to it. Besides being an opportunity to learn and improve, or correct misperceptions, it might provide an opportunity to clear the air, to voice … Continue reading
Secret To Transforming An Underperformer Into An Overachiever
If you need to deliver constructive feedback to an employee, try to find a positive way to convey the message. For the greatest success, the employee should leave the meeting feeling valued, respected, and excited to help. The more you … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Apples, Communication, Management, Motivation, Performance, Performance Evaluation
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How To Apply Lessons From Wisconsin At Work
A lesson from Wisconsin’s battle over public unions is that it pays to take advantage of the general public’s short memory by front loading any controversial actions. This allows time for tempers to cool and the subject matter to lose … Continue reading
If Your Considering Dramatic Action, First Consider -
If you’re questioning something you’re going to do, or plan to do something extreme, consider the following. How will other people perceive your action? What are the most likely consequences and outcome of your actions? How will you feel about … Continue reading
Seek Education
To help people over an extended period of time or as a profession, whether through charity or as a service provider, exhibit some curiosity and a propensity to learn. You do the people you intend to assist or serve no favor if you’re … Continue reading
Request Feedback: Management Edition
Managers: Encourage feedback from your subordinates regularly. Informally inquiring into how a subordinate feels a process can be improved promotes the sub’s involvement in the process. It communicates respect for the subordinate’s contributions and provides an opportunity to learn from and … Continue reading
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Items Managers Can Term You For If You Give Them Good Enough Reason
Coming from a Manager’s vantage point, following are items that can be used as reasons to terminate you for cause. If things are tense with your employer, don’t hand them ammunition with which to terminate your employment. Performing personal work … Continue reading
Dangers Of Underutilization
Underutilization is a hazard on the road of long-term employment. Because underutilization communicates an underperforming employee or overemployment, underutilized employees are often the first expelled during employment contractions. Underutilization occurs when less than 100% of an employee’s standard work schedule is absorbed by … Continue reading
Cool Off If You’re Going To Meltdown
It is not appropriate to have a meltdown at work – especially several meltdowns within a few months. If you’re having multiple meltdowns at work, stop using your coworkers and manager as emotional crutches and seek professional guidance. If you feel that you are about to … Continue reading
When The Internet Competes With Full Utilization
Many of us enjoy using the internet. However, if you use the internet for personal reasons during work, take care! Even though you might complete work assigned to you, you might be underutilized. In other words, if the amount of work … Continue reading
Avoid Going Back A Grade Or More
Don’t accept a lesser title than your last unless absolutely necessary – even if that means turning down a position with a lesser title but more senior responsibilities or money. If you must accept a lesser title, pursue a promotion or … Continue reading
Performance Evaluation Inflation & Deflation
Wondering why your performance evaluation went from stellar to average or worse between the last two years, even though you’ve met all your performance goals? Several companies – including Fortune 500s – made the decision last year not to furnish … Continue reading
