Encourage the employee to work toward solutions. Help build solutions. Identify ways to create specific improvement. Plan to meet in the future to check progress. Document plans and agreements.
Many people have negative expectations for performance appraisals.
It is the job of the supervisor to make the performance appraisal an effective means of communicating with a valued member of your work team. What is written in the form should not be considered more important than the discussion process. Ideally, performance appraisals will increase everyone's effectiveness by helping the supervisor identify unanswered needs in the unit and by helping solidify the employee's goals and projects. A performance appraisal encourages information sharing. It should help the department set realistic and achievable goals while clarifying expectations and standards.