{"id":26463,"date":"2021-02-05T09:30:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=26463"},"modified":"2021-02-14T23:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:41:03","slug":"assessing-employee-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/assessing-employee-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing Employee Performance in 6 Simple Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are there good methods for assessing employee performance? How can you determine performance as a manager?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assessing employee performance is an important part of your managerial duties. Since you will regularly have to assess performance, you&#8217;ll need a system for doing this and communicating it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about assessing employee performance and how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Assessing Employee Performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve established your expectations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><strong><em>Don\u2019t <\/em><\/strong><strong>ask the review\u2019s recipient to write a self-review for you to reference<\/strong> because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you give her the same feedback she provided you with, she\u2019ll feel cheated.<\/li><li>She\u2019ll feel like you weren\u2019t paying enough attention to her\u2014if you <em>had<\/em> been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-pay-attention\/\">paying attention<\/a>, you\u2019d have enough content for the review on your own.<\/li><li>Her review might sway you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Gather data on the recipient\u2019s performance<\/strong> by collecting meeting notes, progress reports, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. On a blank sheet of paper, write down every thought you have about the recipient\u2019s performance.<\/strong> Don\u2019t edit them or order them by importance; just write down your stream of consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Once you\u2019ve finished, look for broad themes.<\/strong> Probably, you\u2019ll see evidence that the person does the same actions in various contexts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(Shortform example: If one of your subordinates always hands her reports in late, there\u2019s a good chance that she also misses other deadlines.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t focus on potential or appearances because it doesn\u2019t matter how professional someone acts or how good she <em>could<\/em> be\u2014for example, if the recipient is a manager and her team doesn\u2019t perform, her performance is flawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Call these themes \u201cmessages\u201d and make a list of them.<\/strong> Then, support the messages with examples from your worksheet. (Ideally, none of your messages are surprising because you monitor the recipient and provide guidance regularly. 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