Successful annual appraisals with employees

Basics of the annual review

• Organizational contexts.
• Objectives, character and subject areas.
• Advantages for managers and employees.
• The manager as HR developer.

Successfully introducing the annual meeting with employees

• Inform and win over employees.
• Define framework conditions.
• Involve managers and the works council.
• Develop your own discussion guide.

Efficient preparation of the conversation

• Distinguishing the annual appraisal with employees from everyday communication.
• Collect observations in a targeted manner.
• Avoid errors of judgment.
• Objectify assessments on reference bases.

Clear definition of goals

• Target-oriented management culture and target types.
• Align the goals of the:manager and:employee.
• From target setting to target agreement.
• Target formulation, qualification and quantification.
• Monitoring of target achievement.

Interview content and implementation

• The external framework: Introduction and discussion process.
• Review: Assessment of the past year, performance, work behavior and cooperation, monitoring of target achievement.
• Looking ahead: Promotion of:employees and target agreements for the coming year.
• Documentation and conclusion of the meeting.

Methods of conducting discussions

• Constructive attitude and conversation interventions.
• Feedback and questioning skills.
• Effectively discuss recognition and criticism.

Difficult situations in conversation

• Dealing with problematic topics, critical discussion situations and difficult employee behavior.