Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases That Describe Your Employees' Performance by Douglas Max, Robert Bacal, Robert Bacal

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  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Pub. Date: November 2002
  • ISBN-13: 9780071408387
  • Sales Rank: 6,989
  • 250pp
  • Series: Perfect Phrases Series
  • Edition Description: New Edition
  • Edition Number: 1
 
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Synopsis

Hands-on help for quickly­­and persuasively­­writing company-mandated performance appraisals



Writing performance appraisals is one of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks managers face. Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews simplifies the job, providing a comprehensive collection of phrases that managers can use to describe employee performance, provide directions for improvement, and more. For example:



  • "Sets priorities well"
  • "Misses important deadlines"
  • "Thorough, reliable, and accurate"


All managers and HR professionals will value the book for its:



  • Hundreds of ready-to-use phrases, organized by job skill and performance level
  • Tips for documenting performance issues and conducting face-to-face reviews
  • Easily adapted performance review templates covering five performance levels


With the wide-ranging assortment of descriptions available in this book, managers will be able to find the perfect terms to help them analyze and understand the work performance of each person they work with.


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Biography

Douglas Max is Managing Director of LR Communications, a firm that conducts on-site seminars in writing and presentation skills.



Robert Bacal is an author of Managing Performance and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Consulting and other books dealing with human resources issues.

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Waste of moneyby AFChief

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February 18, 2009: I teach performance appraisal writing and tell people not to use this or other books like this one. Using these books is a cop out and does little to capture a person's accomplishments. Focus on setting measurable and attainable standards and then capturing those in the appraisal...stop being lazy, your workers aren't dumb.

Good for First-Timers, Old-Timers, Nearly Every Boss!by Anonymous

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April 12, 2003: This is an excellent aid for any supervisor or manager who wishes to make clear distinctions of performance levels, and for those who are in the throes of clarifying performance ratings and levels. A clear explaination of how to do reviews, with a set of well thought-out example forms, adds value to this work. For those who struggle with getting just the right turn of phrase, to ensure the reviewee understands what is being done right, what needs work or improvement, and what constitutes improvement, PERFECT PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS will be welcomed with relief. The time saved, alone, will make this title well worth the cost to almost any business with enough employees to justify performance reviews. Recommend this title, either alone, or in conjunction with EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS, by James E. Neal; the latter title includes two-word phrases and adjectives, which could adapt PERFECT PHRASES even further, and would be a valuable combination for performance reviewers in all industries, businesses, and for government employees.