Friday, November 4, 2011

Delivering an Effective Performance Review - Rebecca Knight - Best Practices - Harvard Business Review

10:29 AM Thursday November 3, 2011
by Rebecca Knight

Excerpts:

Principles to Remember

Do


- Make it clear at the beginning of the year how you'll evaluate your employees with individual performance planning sessions
- Give your employees a copy of their appraisal before the meeting so they may have their initial emotional response in private
- Deliver a positive message to your good performers by mainly concentrating on their strengths and achievements during the conversation

Don't

- Offer general feedback; be specific on behaviors you want your employee to stop, start, and continue
- Talk about compensation during the review; but if you must, divulge the salary information at the start of the conversation
- Sugarcoat the review for your poor performers; use the face-to-face as an opportunity to demand improvement


Rebecca Knight - Rebecca Knight is a freelance journalist in Boston. She has been published in The New York Times, USA Today, The Financial Times, and The Economist.


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