A Humane Appraisal Process

A fair appraisal process should have one professional development goal such as mastering a new technology, and one operations goal that helps move the company forward such as a sales goal. Lastly it should contain one area for improvement. Public speaking is a fear for some people. Overcoming that fear through practice would be an example of addressing a weak area. The first two goals should be the basis for measuring employee performance. The third should become one basis for reward. Rewards come in a lot of packages-a pay raise, promotion, paid training opportunities or a special trip. It can be anything that encourages and motivates a person to want to improve skills that add value in the workplace. The next two posts are related to this topic. The first is on healing after difficult interactions at work. The second is what character traits to look for in supervisors to prevent problems in the first place. Watch for our upcoming post on planning for disasters.