Most people sat through a painful routine performance appraisal, likely an annual one. How many of these are effectively designed to be productive? How many people actually remember what they were supposed to work on from that last review in the fall right before the chaos of the holidays? If done correctly, an appraisal can identify help performance improve as well as highlight employee achievement and growth. Few are done correctly. Avoiding falling into familiar traps of ineffective feedback may be fundamental to success. Today’s episode will identify several strategies that can strengthen employee review systems to help both the employee and the company find the best outcomes possible.

Recommendations

Abraham: Antlers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740510/)

Shane: Radical Candor by Kim Scott (https://www.radicalcandor.com/)

Links and References

-Carr et al. (2013) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680147/

-Friman (2021) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaba.816

-DiNovi & Gavoni (2021) https://www.amazon.com/5-Scientific-Laws-Life-Leadership/dp/1954759258/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1407096W1LT9I&keywords=dinovi+gavoni&qid=1647779916&sprefix=dinovi+gavoni%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-2

-https://hbr.org/2011/11/delivering-an-effective-perfor

-https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/giving-performance-feedback