Session Objectives You will be able to: • Identify the importance and benefits of PAs • Assess and prepare necessary documentation • Set motivational performance goals • Plan for effective appraisal interviews • Conduct fair and beneficial appraisals • Avoid discrimination charges
Session Outline • Importance and benefits of appraisals • Avoiding discrimination • Measuring and documenting performance • Setting performance goals • Preparing for and conducting appraisal interviews • Dealing with different levels of performance
Discrimination (cont.) • Failure to communicate standards • Failure to give timely feedback • Failure to allow employees to correct performance • Inconsistency in measuring performance • Failure to document performance objectively
Document Performance • Make sure documentation is objective • Document performance of all employees • Provide complete and accurate information • Document performance on a regular basis
Employee Input • Employees take an active role: • Setting goals • Designing action plans • Identifying strengths and weaknesses • Employees participate in the performance appraisal meeting
Key Points to Remember • You must conduct objective appraisals on a scheduled basis • Appraisals tell employees how they’re doing and how they can improve • Appraisals help create a system of motivation and rewards based on performance