Improve Employee Performance Idea 100 – February 11, 2010: Use Supervision Skills to Measure Management Effectiveness
The most effective managers are good at Supervising Employees. But how do you measure effectiveness in supervision? Try these five areas:
1. How effective managers are at identifying employees strengths and weaknesses.
2. How effective managers are at providing training for employees.
3. How effective managers are at developing skills of employees.
4. How effective managers are at scheduling work for employees.
5. How effective managers are at setting performance goals for employees.
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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Barbara Brown, Ph.D. shows managers how to improve employee performance by linking performance to results. She publishes handbooks that contain phrases for discussing performance and for writing appraisals. Dr. Brown also provides training and consulting. Visit www.LinkToResults.net.