THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIME
The ability to craft an employee review that is meaningful and change-driven is what separates average supervisors from great managers. How often, though, have you struggled to find the most appropriate words for your needs?
This completely revised and updated second edition of Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews provides hundreds of ready-made phrases you can use to clearly communicate any employee's performance in 74 different skill areas. Learn the most effective language for:
Crafting an accurate, carefully worded assessment
Documenting behaviors and accomplishments
Guiding and developing promising workers
Conducting face-to-face interviews
From the Back Cover
Writing Performance Reviews is as Easy as Looking Up the Right Phrase!
Finding the right words to assess and describe your employees' performance is an important--and time consuming--exercise for any manager. Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews provides hundreds of ready-made phrases that you can use to describe any employee's performance in 74 different skill areas. The phrases are grouped into five employee performance levels:
Outstanding
Exceeds expectations
Meets expectations
Needs improvement
Unacceptable
You can use these phrases to:
Craft a carefully worded and accurate assessment
Document behaviors and accomplishments
Specify areas of excellence or poor performance
Guide and develop promising workers
Make the entire review process more productive for yourself, your organization, and those who report to you
Complete with a step-by-step primer on how to plan, conduct, and write a performance appraisal, Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews is an indispensable resource for managers who want to write fair, accurate reviews that help every employee become more productive.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Douglas Max is managing director of LR Communications, a firm that conducts on-site seminars in writing and presentation skills.
Robert Bacal is the author of Managing Performance and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Consulting.
