3G - Conducting Effective Performance Reviews

Description:

Employees and employers often dread performance appraisals, but it doesn't have to be hard! In fact, performance appraisals can be a valuable business tool.

There are managers, supervisors, and front-line employees who grumble as the time for appraisals approaches, and who procrastinate about doing them in order to avoid what many of them perceive as additional work or tedious meetings.  This course advocates that you use the appraisal as a time to share highlights of the evaluation period (usually six or 12 months) and to adjust any goals as needed, while working toward the future.

This course explores what performance reviews are and why they are important. It covers the role of trust in the performance appraisal process and some common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

There are different types of performance reviews with common characteristics to make any review a success.  After taking this course, you should feel ready to participate in all phases of the performance appraisal process.