by Dick Grote | Mar 1, 2007 | Performance Appraisal, Uncategorized
Performance Appraisal Rating Labels: What’s Best, What’s Worst? Part 1 What’s the worst that performance can be? What is the absolute bottom of the barrel? Would you label performance that is just totally atrocious Unsatisfactory or is it Unacceptable? Is there...
by Dick Grote | Jan 1, 2007 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Management
So far we’ve considered a couple of key issues. First, we agree that getting accurate performance information to people is an important ethical responsibility of leadership, even though a lot of managers don’t like the process their company asks them to use. Second,...
by Dick Grote | Dec 4, 2006 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Management
Nobody seems to like performance appraisals—neither the managers doing the evaluating, nor the employees being evaluated. Clearly, evaluations are front-runners for being the most maligned of corporate processes. And yet they should be a good thing. After all, doesn’t...
by Dick Grote | Nov 20, 2006 | Performance Appraisal, Talent Management
If promotions are what everybody—or almost everybody—wants, layoffs are what everyone wishes to avoid. But when economic realities force an organization to downsize, performance appraisal helps make sure that the most talented individuals are retained and that only...
by Dick Grote | Nov 6, 2006 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Management
At lunch today I happened to talk with a young man who’s making a couple extra bucks working in a Halloween store. 18 years old, he told me that he had never worked before and had no knowledge of the business world other than reading Dilbert cartoons. Then he asked me...
by Dick Grote | Apr 12, 2006 | Performance Appraisal, Performance Improvement, Performance Management, Talent Management
In a previous article I shared a couple of tips that will reduce the feelings of discomfort that often come when a performance appraisal is discussed — gather your materials in advance, make a list of the key points you need to cover, and pick an appropriate place for...