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What Is The Point Of An Employee Evaluation?

By Cash Miller

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An employee evaluation is all about letting your employee know what it is that they are and are not doing well. If you are not conducting some sort of performance appraisal at least once a quarter then you are not only doing your employees a large disservice you are also neglecting your business as well. Because if an employee doesn't know what they are doing wrong or that they could still use some improvement in an area how will they get better? And if they are not working to improve their job performance isn't that detrimental to your business? Your employees are not mind readers. They need your input.

So what are you looking to accomplish in a formal employee evaluation? First off you want to facilitate better communication. Your employee needs to know that you are approachable. They need to understand that their evaluation is for their benefit. You want them to see that you are not trying to be critical but that you are trying to point out areas or their work that can be improved. With communication should come understanding between yourself as the employer and your employees.

Once good communication is established then you need to give a thorough evaluation of their job performance. Remember you are not trying to berate them and destroy their morale. You need to be pointing out the good as well as the bad in their performance. In this area you need to identify where they could use more training and determine ways that it might be provided. Also remember that this is two way communication. They need to know that they can speak up. You want them to be willing to identify areas where they think they are weak or where they would like to learn more but haven't been able too.

As much as possible you will want to document the key points of your discussion so that you can refer to them during the next evaluation. This will allow you to clearly see where there has been improvement and what areas in their training are still behind. Also keep in mind that your performance appraisal should be used as a guide to future promotion and raises for the employee. Most people like to know if they have a real future with your organization. If you run your business with an eye towards promoting from within then this is important to both of you. If your business is growing then you will need to determine who your key employees in that growth may be.

Consider the question that if you have worked for someone else at some time did you want to know how well you were performing in your job? Especially if you had been thinking of what your long term future with the business might be. Holding proper employee evaluations is key to the long term growth of your business. So even though you may consider it a task you do not care for it still needs to be done. For the good of your employees and your business.

Cash Miller is an experienced entrepreneur and speaker who has spent over a decade as a small business owner. His years of experience in small business cover a variety of topics. If you are looking for more small business information you can go to http://www.smallbusinessdelivered.com

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