How to Prevent Appraisals From Becoming a Waste of Time

There is a lot of apprehension, confusion, and inconsistency on the issue of performance appraisals in the workplace and how to conduct them. The problem is that many people don’t fully understand the value of performance evaluations and feedback from supervisors. And the result is many a review session that turns out to be a waste of time.

But appraisals are not meant to be frivolous conversations, or adversarial confrontations for that matter. On the contrary, they provide a prime opportunity for both the supervisor and employee to candidly discuss their goals and how those goals are being met. While these meetings aren’t easy to prepare for or conduct, when done right they give both parties constructive feedback to learn from. A performance review should be a positive experience. In order to make performance reviews at your organizations positive experiences, we’ve designed this seminar with helpful guidelines for supervisors. We’ll cover the following topics:

• What makes a review successful
• How the employee and supervisor should prepare for the review
• How to communicate on performance during the session
• How to set goals and make commitments during the session
• How to properly follow up the review session
• How to get feedback on the supervisor’s job

So if you’d like to see the benefits that effective appraisals can yield and learn how to conduct appraisals in that way, join us for “Performance Reviews That Really Work”!