Improve Employee Performance Idea 105 – March 1, 2010: Link Performance to Recognition

Do you have an employee who craves the limelight?  If so, instead of cringing at his or her desire for fame and recognition, use that desire to encourage greater cooperation or improved performance.  How?  By connecting opportunities for greater visibility to the performance you desire. 

For example, if you want the employee to take on a new project, explain the connection between the new project and the opportunity for interacting with the CEO, CFO, COO, or any other high profile employees.  Your limelight grabber will most likely jump at the chance to interact with these senior executives.

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