Performance Management & Appraisal Tools Free Preview Area

We've pulled together some performance appraisal and management tools for use by human resource professonals, managers, trainers and employees. We've arranged to have free useable previews although some features may be disabled.

Below are the tools currently available. Clicking on the link will take you to a description page. At the bottom you should see a "TRY" link. Click on this and you should be able to view the item in adobe acrobat format provided you have that software installed on your computer.

Preview Performance Management - Why Doesn't It Work

This short quick read book is about 60 pages and walks you through the reasons why most performance appraisal and performance management systems don't work and can't work. Suggests an alternate way of carrying out the process that is both flexible and employee centered.

Preview Getting The Most From Performance Appraisal For Employees Helpcard

Our newest helpcard is intended for employees, to help them understand the performance appraisal process and be involved in it in an active and productive way. Explains the process, how employees should prepare and tips on participating.

Preview Performance Management Master Checklist Help Card (The Perfpak Series)

Maps out the steps of the performance management process from performance planning to the performance review meeting. Formatted in a checklist format so managers can check off tasks as the are completed. Based on our best selling book - Performance Management - A Briefcase Book, the process outlined is integrated with strategic planning and stresses managers as being helpers and partners in performance improvement.

Preview Performance Appraisal For Managers Help Card (The Perkpak Series)

Our newest helpcard is based on our best selling book - Performance Management - A Briefcase Book published by McGraw-Hill, and summarizes the steps managers and human resource professionals can take to make performance management and appraisal a meaningful process that helps people improve. It describes each step in brief from the performance planning process through the appraisal meeting, and provides important hints to execute each step so effective communication about performance can occur.

Preview Performance Planning For Managers Helpcard

Most people think that the most important part of managing performance is the appraisal meeting. Not so. The most important part of improving performance is creating common understanding about goals and objectives, so that employee and manager understand what is expected. This process is called performance planning, which also serves to help align your employee's objectives with those of the work unit, and of the larger organization. This helpcard explains the performance planning process.

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