It can be nerve-wracking for anybody involved with administration or management to write a performance review. I recently came across a blog post that discussed some of the tips for writing good performance reviews. Here are some of the points they made:

1. Writing a !
Performance !
Review
By David Mauricio

2. Refer to !
predetermined
standards Start out by listing all of the
outcomes that you and your!
employee agreed to, and!
then follow each with a!
description of what your!
employee did to achieve !
them

3. Cite !
examples
• Just saying “you didn’t
meet expectations”
doesn’t help anybody!
• Incorporate specific
examples into the
evaluation !
• The employee will know
what they can do to
improve going forward

4. Use facts
• Make
sure
every
state-
ment is
backed
up by
cold
hard
facts!
• You can
easily
argue
with
opinion,
but you
can’t
argue
with
facts

5. Write to the!
employee
Keep the tone!
more personal!
so the employee!
feels like!
they’re being talked
to, not talked at

6. Balance
out your
comments
Even the best worker can
benefit from a suggestion
for improvement, and
even the worst!
employee has done!
at least something!
right