The Performance Appraisal Question and Answer Book

<p><strong>This book helps supervisors and HR professionals ease the pain of performance appraisal and use the process effectively.</strong></p><p>Most managers hate conducting performance appraisal discussions. What's worse few feel confident in their ability to accurately assess the performance of a subordinate. In <em>The Performance Appraisal Question and Answer Book</em> expert Dick Grote answers over 100 of the most common -- and most difficult -- questions about this vitally important but often misunderstood and misused tool including: </p><ul><li>How should I react when an employee starts crying during the appraisal discussion . . . or gets mad at me?</li><li>Which is more important -- the results the person achieved or the way she went about doing the job?</li><li>Is there such a thing as a perfect performance appraisal form?</li></ul><p>Many of the answers include a Hot Tip or Red Flag: a note to the reader making a particularly insightful suggestion.</p>