Successful Performance Reviews

by Ken Lawson

Barron's new Business Buddies series for career-minded men and women present at-a-glance tips and advice, checklists, and important little secrets for getting ahead in the world of business. Specific topics cover the full spectrum of do's and don'ts, and are presented in user-friendly capsule form with an emphasis on practicality. No lengthy theoretical essays here, these books offer simple presentations of quick-reference facts to help readers set career goals and accomplish business tasks that will validate them as successful professionals. Both beginners and experienced men and women in management, marketing, communications, and virtually all other fields of business will value these books for their easy style and their succinct, results-producing advice. This book demonstrates how to set periodic job-performance goals that are realistic and productive, then how to present career objectives effectively to a supervisor during the course of a performance review.

240 pages, Spiral-bound

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Ann]

"businessbuddies" is an apropos header title for this book. It's like having a little performance management coach in your purse or briefcase.

The sections are laid out in an extremely easy to read format, with each section color coded and with numbered steps to help guide you through the process or tips.

What really impressed me was the broadness of the topic "performance management" this book covered. It dealt not only with the performance reviews, but also with how to prepare for the meeting with your employee, how to develop efffective (SMART) goals, individual performance reviews, providing recognition, training, dealing with poor performance, etc.

This book provides an extremely well-rounded approach and contains just about everyone one would need to know about performance management. I highly recommended it for any manager or HR professional.