Perfect phrases for setting performance goals

By Douglas Max

Subjects: Rating of, Employees, rating of, Management, Nonfiction, Personnel management, Career development, Employees, Business, Terminology

Description: Set Effective Performance Goals for Your People--Just Look Up the Right Phrase!In their previously published, top-selling book Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews, Robert Bacal and Douglas Max described past employee performance. In Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals, Bacal and Max go a step further with hundreds of precisely-worded future performance goals. Use these "perfect phrases" in the context of an annual performance review to let your people know what is expected of them in the coming year, or use them in regular "performance planning" meetings to:Focus your people on the most important parts of their jobsClearly communicate your expectationsAlign employee goals with organizational prioritiesImprove productivity and morale in the workplaceReduce disagreements during performance reviewsRaise the bar for performanceYou will find ready-to-use performance goals for both managers and employees, in many categories including sales and profit goals, quality and productivity goals, on-time performance personal development goals, and much more. This practical job aid makes it easy for managers to raise the performance bar, and focus their people on the organization's top priorities.