Productive Performance Appraisals

By Randi T. Sachs, Paul Falcone, Randi Sachs

Book Overview

This book gives you all the easy-to-use tools they need to conduct an effective review -- including sample dialogs, checklists, and forms.

When not handled correctly, performance appraisals can turn into nerve-wracking confrontations. If employees and managers aren't on the same page about expectations and performance, the working relationship can be seriously harmed.

Productive Performance Appraisals shows you how to:

plan and organize the appraisal sessionset short- and long-term goalselicit the employee's inputhandle problems and "sticky" subjects such as promotions and disagreements.

This invaluable resource has new sections on rating employees, justifying scores, and weaving disciplinary language into the review. You will also find guidance on developing career plans, keeping consistent records, communicating changes in roles, how reviews are used when determining layoffs, and much more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814474225
• ISBN13: 9780814474228
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Quick reference for busy supervisors

This is an excellent, easy-to-read booklet that we recommend to all new supervisors in our company. It highlights charts, facts, checklists, guidelines which makes it easy to refer to after completing it. Good examples are given for situations and exercises for the reader to complete as well. We are ordering extra copies for the high demand for this book.