How to Conduct an Employee Performance Review
An employee performance review is an important part of a company's constant effort to improve and grow. Employees who are subjected to regular reviews are more likely to do well, as they expect to be evaluated and recompensed for their consistent hard work.
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Instructions
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Conduct an Employee Performance Review
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Schedule a time to meet with the employee and let him know in advance the purpose of the meeting. Ask him to think about his performance, mistakes and wins since the last performance review, and encourage him to bring along a list of questions to make the meeting more interactive and dynamic.
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Start the meeting with some small talk. You want an employee who is relaxed and open to discussing both positive and negative issues without feeling pressured or on edge. If you remember specifics about the employee's life or previous conversations you have shared, draw from your memories as a way to break the ice and conduct a review that doesn't feel like an examination.
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Let the employee know how she fared right at the beginning of the meeting. If you have a rank or scale established to rate your employees, use it to establish how she has performed and to explain why and how she was rated. If there were specific actions or events (positive or negative) that decided the placement, explain them.
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Ask for feedback from the employee. Ask why he thinks he fared as he did and ask what he thinks he could have done differently to be in a better rank. Since no employee is likely to receive a perfect rank, the questions will serve as a way for the worker to analyze his own value and performance and will hopefully push him to better himself for the next round of performance reviews.
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Document the meeting, the results of the assessment and the questions posed by the employee. If follow-up is required before the next assessment, note that in the file. Otherwise, simply record your own observations after the meeting is over and you have time to evaluate how it went.
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Tips & Warnings
Make reviews less stressful by keeping them consistent, particularly if you plan to conduct reviews on a regular basis. If you keep things consistent, there will be fewer unpleasant surprises and the meetings will likely run more smoothly. Consistency can be as simple as using the same rank or questionnaire in each meeting.
