Accomplishments include developing plans, implementing programs, completing evaluations, conducting meetings, involving people, fundraising, designing or completing projects, and improving lives. Volunteers sometimes don't give themselves credit for many of their accomplishments, so a leader should bring attention to specific achievements, especially those that highlight major goals of the organization. Volunteers must know that something meaningful happened because they were involved. When a leader can arrange for both project accomplishment and individual growth, Extension's human development goals are achieved. One important leadership function is the continuation of a project until it's done or until effective transfer of human resources from one project to another has occurred.
Evaluation is needed because volunteers want to know how they're doing.
Recognition is important because volunteers need to know their work is appreciated and necessary. The evaluation process is the specific feedback of the volunteer's performance. This process should be constructive, friendly, and directly related to the tasks the volunteer has done or tried to do. A clear set of expectations is a prerequisite to a relevant, meaningful, and constructive evaluation. A leader knows that the volunteer isn't being evaluated-the volunteer's performance relative to goals is.