How to Receive

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How to Receive A Performance AppraisalUseful
Tips
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• Question
• What do dieting, exercise and Performance
  Appraisals all have in common?

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• Answer
• Everyone agrees we need them, but
• nobody likes them!

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• Solution
• Learn how to prepare for and receive a
  Performance Appraisal.

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Take a moment to determine your Performance
Appraisal mindset.
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YOU
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1. Taking Responsibility
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Prepare Throughout The Year

• Clarify expectations
• Ask for feedback
• Practice receiving feedback
• Track your own performance

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2. Manage Your Frame of Mind
View feedback as an opportunity to obtain
useful information which has the potential to
help improve performance on the job.
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Receiving Feedback

• Listen Actively
• Dont get emotional
• Dont get defensive
• Accept the input
• Work to improve

Feedback allows for growth and development
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Assume the Best Intentions

• View your appraiser as a person who
• Wants to give you useful information
• Wants to help you grow and succeed
• May not have had much training or experience in
  performance appraisals
• Avoid going into the appraisal with
• The equivalent of a loaded gun

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• Think of criticism as limited to problems,
• issues, or behaviors not as an attack
• on your whole person.

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Constructive Criticism

• Dont take it personally
• Dont let it detract from your sense of pride
• Focus energy on specific behaviors

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3. Prepare For The Appraisal
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• Review your Strengths Weaknesses
• Evaluate your own performance
• List projects completed, accomplishments, etc.
• Identify barriers and obstacles
• Focus on wanting to improve
• List your personal goals and aspirations

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• REMEMBER
• Be realistic about how much can be accomplished
  in one sitting.
• Consider setting up a follow up meeting if time
  runs short.
• Understand that you are not perfect and there is
  always room for improvement.

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4. Behavior In The Discussion
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• Avoid acting defensively
• Actively listen
• Use an open body posture
• Speak professionally and calmly

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Before you take issue with individual points, be
sure you have the Big Picture.
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Take Notes

• It helps to control emotions.
• Allows you to capture important issues.
• Helps you develop good questions.
• Helps to clarify your understanding.

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The Performance Discussion

• If the feedback during the discussion (negative
  or positive) is given vaguely, ask for specifics.

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• Try to leave discussion on a good note.
• Maintaining your working relationship.
• Your non-defensive listening and behavior will
  help you reach your objectives.

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Conclusion
These principles and actions apply to most
feedback situations, formal or informal, at work
and at home. The more you practice these
guidelines in feedback situations, the more
effective you will become as a receiver of
performance evaluations. The more you get
involved in tracking and providing input to your
supervisor the more likely your appraisal will
capture your overall contributions.
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Key to Quiz
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Joint Responsibility

• b
• c
• c
• a
• b

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Avoidance

• a
• b
• a
• c
• a

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Short-Term Game Playing

• c
• a
• b
• b
• c

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