Supervisory Development Program

Performance Appraisals

Course Description

Providing feedback to employees about job performance can be challenging at times, and frequently, evaluation systems do not accurately help the employee to develop a plan for professional and personal growth. This session considers performance appraisal from a variety of viewpoints. Three strategies for providing feedback are identified, and ways to help employees develop plans for the future are shared. The session is very interactive with a variety of small and large group activities.

Objectives

After receiving this training, the participants will be able to:

• Identify three major types of performance appraisals.
• Explain why performance appraisals are often viewed as a negative experience.
• Identify means to diminish the fear and anxiety that often accompany performance review.
• Recognize and apply sound principles of giving (and receiving) feedback.
• Identify strategies for handling not only positive appraisals (the easy ones) but those requiring corrective action as well (the difficult ones).
• Apply the strategies for conducting performance appraisals to any appraisal instrument currently in use.

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