Performance Appraisal and Performance Management Advice You Can Use

Bacal's Performance Management & Appraisal Library

Performance management and performance appraisal (or employee reviews, annual reviews, etc) are some of the most misused tools anywhere. A fortune is wasted on inept processes, poor forms, and result from mistaken ideas about what performance management is for, and why we do it. On this page you'll find articles related to all aspects of performance management and appraisal, authored by Robert Bacal. Bacal is author of several books (see top of this page) on the topic including the following titles available at Amazon.com:

• Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews 2/E (Perfect Phrases Series)
• Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals, Second Edition (Perfect Phrases Series)
• The Manager's Guide to Performance Reviews
• The Busy Learner's Kit For Making Performance Management and Appraisal VALUABLE: Walking The Path Together
• Performance Management 2/E (Briefcase Books Series)

Robert Bacal has also authored over 200 articles on other business and work related topics. To access them, and be able to share them freely with your colleagues, click here!

Performance Management and Appraisal, Discipline and Recognition

It's challenging to conduct performance appraisals, employee reviews, and performance discussions, and it's even more difficult to undertake an effective performance management approach that actually helps people and provides a return on investment. Below are Bacal articles designed to help you with "getting it right", so managers, supervisors, employees and companies don't waste their time on performance management efforts that waste time or cause harm.

How Performance Management and Appraisal SHOULD Work - A Case Study
Seven Stupid Things Employees Do To Screw Up Performance Appraisal
Why Ratings Based Appraisals Fail 
Seven Stupid Things Human Resource Departments Do To Screw Up Performance Appraisals
Why Employee Ranking Systems Lead To Disaster
Why Improving Performance Management Systems Is So Difficult
What IS The Point Of Performance Appraisal
Biases That Affect Manager's Evaluations of Staff
Diagnosing Performance Problems
Bidirectional Evaluation - You Evaluate The Boss, The Boss Evaluates You
Discipline & Performance Problems Quick Tips
Twelve Tips For Recognizing The Contributions of Your Employees And Colleagues
Five Sins Of Discipline
Conference Report - The Best of Performance Management Conference, Texas, 1999