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Performance Appraisals Phrase Book

Description

For employees and managers everywhere, the authors promote effective words, phrases, and techniques for successful evaluations.

Reviews

Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-02-12
Summary: "great book but needs to be more searchable"

Great phrase book to assist with wording on performance appraisals. Thought the Chapters were sort of weirdly organized though, and I felt like I was flipping back and forth alot. An index would have saved me lots of reading. But overall, I liked the way each skill set was identified, with key nouns and verbs to use in describing performance of the skill, along with phrases that exemplify Meet/Exceed performance, Needs Improvement, and Unacceptable.

EXAMPLE: Skill Set = Time Management and Prioritization (pg 140)
Key Verbs - displays, manages, prioritizes, etc
Key Nouns - assignments, deadlines, priorities, resources, etc

Meets/Exceeds Feedback: Can accurately access the time required for a particular task
Needs Improvement: Has difficulty handling more than one task at a time
Unsatisfactory: Consistently fails to meet deadlines

Here is what I mean about it being weirdly organized. Say I was looking for that one phrase that talks about ability to multitask. My chapter choices are: Qualitative Attributes, Quantitative Attributes, Management Skills, Personality and Human Relations, Professional Skills. In this case, I would have to know that I'm looking for Quantitative Attributes. Ok, then within that chapter, I would need to look through the sub-categories: accomplishment of tasks and goals, accuracy and precision, computer skills, knowledge of job and industry, planning and scheduling skills, setting goals and objectives, time management and prioritization....etc. Finally, I would need to know to look under "Time Management and Prioritization" to find phrases about multi-tasking. So, basically, the information is there... it's just not intuitive.

Overall a really helpful reference, but could use some help with organization

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-12-21
Summary: "Great book for writing appraisals on employees"

I think it is a very good tool for employers to write appraisals on their employees. I used it in a different manner, for writing my own appraisal.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-11-11
Summary: "Do be stumbled in doing performance reviews"

The performance appraisal phrase book is a great book to assist with performing appraisals. You no longer have to be stumped for words or phrases while appraising your employees. This book offers many great template for every situation you will encounter, thus saving you time.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-09-25
Summary: "Very Useful Reference for Employers and Managers"

This little book (thick, but about the size of a Kelly Blue Book) can easily fit in your desk drawer or in your pocket (the trim size might be intentional). I guess the author intended for managers to keep this book handy whenever they needed it to compose their performance reviews. The book succeeds as a reference. You will never need another book if you are looking for the "right phrase" in order to praise or reprimand someone. It's ALL there.

I wish the book had a little more guidance on the actual appraisal process. The author could have removed some of the duplicate phrasing to make room for more commentary. Like for example, in the chapter "Strategies for dealing with unsatisfactory performance" there is only about 5 pages of actual guidance on how to deal with the actual performance of the employee, and I thought a few more pages of guidance would have made this book a more valuable reference for managers. Although I understand that the book is designed to be a book of phrases rather than instructional, simply providing a list of words is not that useful. That being said, the information that the author DOES offer is all very good, and spot-on.

Other than that, the book is a good resource and worth the price, in my opinion.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-07-02
Summary: "thumbs up"

This book was and is very helpful documentig and delivering a successful review. I felt it was also helpful in reviewing what level of performance my fellow employees are delivering.