Help Your Employees Prepare for a Performance Appraisal Performance ManagementHelp Your Employees Prepare for a Performance AppraisalPerformance Appraisals - Without preparation from both supervisor and employee, a performance appraisal will most likely fail.In this article, I advise supervisors to help their employees prepare for their interview. Here are specific questions that employees should answer for themselves prior.Performance Management and AppraisalPREPARING EMPLOYEES FOR THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL INTERVIEWS:Remind employees to give some thought to the purpose of performance appraisal: it is a means to learn from the past, plan for the future, and improve effectiveness and work satisfaction.The performance appraisal discussion is an opportunity to motivate, recognise, and reward your employee.AccomplishmentsIt is a time for you and your employee to share perceptions about the employee's accomplishments during the performance period.It is meant to be a culmination of all previous communications made during the performance period.Prepare For QuestionsPREPARATORY QUESTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES BEFORE A PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL:Purpose Of Your Job1. What is the overall purpose of your job?Think about what your contributions are to the operation of your workgroup, department, and the university as a whole.What is the output of your job, not just the specific tasks you perform?Why does your job exist?Areas Of Responsibility2. What are your major areas of responsibility?Which are the most important? Why?Performance Expectations3. What are the performance expectations of your job?What is your understanding of how well each part of the job must be performed?Measuring Your Performance4. How can your performance be measured?How do you know when you succeed in each critical area?What happens when the job is well done?Further Questions To Consider1. Which tasks or functions, if not completed, would make performance unacceptable in your job?2. In which areas of the job have you done especially well during the time period to be reviewed? What helped you to do well? In which areas would you like to make improvements? How could this be done?3. How has your supervisor influenced your effectiveness and job satisfaction? What could he/she do to provide more guidance and assistance for you?4. What changes in your job, procedures, or interpersonal communications would you suggest to your supervisor to:improve your performance?increase the effectiveness of your position?provide you with greater job satisfaction?This article was contributed by CEO, A.E. Schwartz & Associates, Boston, MA.Performance Management and Appraisal TrainingImpact Factory runsOpen Performance Management CoursesTailored Performance Management TrainingTailored Management Trainingand personalisedOne-to-One Executive Coachingfor anyone interested inPerformance ManagementPerformance Management and Appraisal Training in London
