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Improve Employee Performance Idea 86 — March 24, 2009: Link Reduced Stress To Improved Performance

Have you ever talked to an employee about doing a better job and the complaint was that “I am just so stressed out”? If so, this is a good opportunity to clearly explain how doing a better job can reduce that employee’s stress.

Start by thinking about the improvements or changes you want. Then make a connection between stress relief and improved performance. These are four examples:

1. Prioritizing assignments could reduce stress because the employee would not have an overload of “must do” assignments.

2. Returning phone calls in a timely manner could reduce stress because the person called would not become angry with the employee.

3. Getting organized could reduce stress because the employee could find things more quickly.

4. Showing up at meetings on time could reduce stress because the employee would not have to spend extra time being “caught up” on missed information.

KEY REMINDER: To improve employee performance, you have to conduct effective performance discussions, give effective performance feedback, reinforce employee performance, and use effective performance phrases to write effective performance appraisals.

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