Productive Performance Appraisals

Conducting a
Performance Review

Would you like to learn how to carry out productive performance appraisals? Then look no further!

Conducting a Performance Review is our 33 page, step-by-step e-guide, packed with practical insights, tips, and 8 performance appraisal tools. Are you:

Conducting performance reviews for the first time?

Hampered by the way appraisals currently work in your organization?

Frustrated with the performance of your team?

Keen to develop the latent potential in your team?

In need of a clear process, and the right tools, to help you conduct productive performance appraisals?

Looking to improve your skills in conducting performance appraisals?

If any of the above apply to you then this e-guide is for you!

What's in Conducting a Performance Review?

33 pages of insights, ideas, tips and tools to help you:

Implement a step-by-step process for productive performance appraisals

Realize the power of regular reviews

Set performance objectives to deliver individual, team and oganizational priorities

Write SMART performance goals and objectives

Develop action plans using the SHARP planning tool

Prepare and manage the performance appraisal meeting

Provide effective feedback, focused on performance

Deal with under-performance

Create the conditions to better manage performance at work

Plus.....!

8 great tools to help you conduct productive performance appraisals:

Review how performance appraisal works in your organization

Form for conducting mini-reviews

SMART goals and objectives tool

SHARP action plan tool

Preparing for a review tool

Checklist for managing a performance review

Guidelines for giving feedback

Managing under-performance diagnostic tool

Conducting productive performance appraisals is one of the most important aspects of performance management. Yet many managers think this is one of the most difficult parts of their job. Conducting a Performance Review could be just what you are looking for. It will help make this part of your much job easier, as well as develop your skills in this critical management function.

So how do you conduct productive performance appraisals? As we say in the guide:

"Managing performance is about applying a process but this alone is not enough. The best way to manage performance is to use that process in such a way that teams are inspired to take ownership of their own performance."

"A performance review is a balancing act. It should balance the need to look backwards (the review), with the need to look forwards (the plan). It should also balance the need to address weaknesses, whilst at the same time building on strengths."

"The skill in conducting a performance review is in bringing together the needs of the organization with those of the individual. To do this you need to develop performance goals that the individual wants to achieve, and that make a contribution to the organization."

"Regular reviews will also help to ensure that performance appraisal is an effective, on-going process, and not simply a box-ticking exercise. An on-going performance review schedule will contribute strongly to a positive organizational culture. A culture in which every team member continually feels engaged and valued, making them far more likely to strive for their own performance improvement."

Why Buy This Guide?

Because it's:

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based on proven ideas and techniques, original models and supported by practical tools

concise and easy to read, yet full of knowledge and practical tips and tools

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instantly available as a pdf download - start improving your performance reviews within minutes

written by a highly qualified team with extensive experience of management, teaching, writing & management development

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This guide is published by Apex Leadership Ltd, owners of the Happy Manager. Purchase entitles the user to download and print one copy of the e-guide, for personal use. If you require multiple copies for training or educational purposes, please contact us to arrange a licensing agreement.

Using this Guide

Our e-guides are available as easy-to-download pdf files (click here if you don't have Adobe Reader). The best way to use Conducting a Performance Review is to read through each section in turn, ensuring you pause for reflection wherever you see the "Consider..." points. Be sure to answer any questions posed, wherever they appear - they are there for a reason!



After you've worked through the guide, read the summary checklist. This both summarizes the contents of the guide, and gives you actions to take to help you use it. Finally, work through the tools. These have been designed to help you make the most of the advice given in the guide. Click on the tool buttons where they appear for an in-text hyperlink to the actual tool. At the end of each tool you can simply click on the "return" link to get back to your place in the guide. Both the tools and the summary checklist are simple to use as handy references at the end of the guide, or as convenient memory aids to carry with you.

The "How to be a Better Manager" Series of E-guides

Conducting a Performance Review is part of our How to be a Better Manager series. These practical, thought-provoking guides are designed to help you deal with a wide range of management ideas, activities and situations. Whether you are a new or experienced manager, we feel sure you'll find something valuable in any of these guides. Each contains information, insight and inspiration on essential management topics. Packed with practical pointers and tools, these easy-to-read, easy-to-use guides are great value.

Remember, all of our e-guides are backed by our 30-day money back guarantee. If you're not completely satisfied with our product, we'll give you a refund in full, with no questions asked. Just contact us within 30 days from the date of your purchase.

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This guide is published by Apex Leadership Ltd, owners of the Happy Manager. Purchase entitles the user to download and print one copy of the e-guide, for personal use. If you require multiple copies for training or educational purposes, please contact us to arrange a licensing agreement.

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