Now is a perfect time to consider performance appraisals

If you are a small business that has never done performance appraisals, now may a good time to start.

An effective appraisal can be beneficial to both organization and employee. Not only can it address performance and quality problems, it can motivate employees to be more productive. Managers who take the time to analyze employees’ performance, give clear defined goals and identify performance shortcomings, find that it contributes to change in behaviours.

A successful appraisal is a collaborative effort between management and employee. An appraisal should not be based on an isolated incident or a fresh pattern of behaviour. Instead, data should be collected throughout the performance period.

There are certain qualities an employee can demonstrate throughout the year that may well guarantee an easy and successful review. Here are four more from Inc 500 entrepreneur and best-selling author Kevin Daum, “10 things really amazing employees do.”

• Generate Viable Opportunities. Employees don’t have to be in sales or marketing to help their company grow. Strong networkers from all divisions see company growth as a collective effort and constantly keep their eyes open for ways to more than pay for themselves.

• Resolve Issues Before They Are Issues. Amazing employees are always looking to improve systems proactively, and they do.

• Demonstrate High Standards, With Low Maintenance. Amazing employees drive their own high standards. The manager can trust them to perform a task to the same high standards as he/she would.

• Research, Apply, and Refine. The best employee proactively explores options, takes action and then improves without direction from the top.

Amazing employees make employers grow.

Source: 10 Things Really Amazing Employees Do. By Kevin Daum