How can employees prepare for a Performance Appraisal?
Many Performance Appraisals dont go as well as expected because managers fail to help their employees prepare for an evaluation. Now, it depends on how involved you want your appraisals to be, but at the very least you need to let employees know in advance that youll be meetingnot just an hour before you call them into our office. Let them know that this is a time to learn and improve, not a time to get picked on by management. The best thing employees can do, no matter the level of evaluation, is to come with questions and comments to discuss written down. Also, many managers suggest that employees bring a list of their previous years accomplishments, improvements, and turning points in their careers. Managers dont always know or remember all of an employees good points; unfortunately, failures stand out more than successes, so its nice for employees to be prepared to remind managers of the good things. This also helps justify any requests made for promotions, raises, increased depart
