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As an employer, you are likely to conduct performance reviews to evaluate your employees. Most performance reviews formally appraise your employee\u2019s performance and provide your employees with feedback. Where your employee’s performance has improved, or they have met certain performance metrics, you should recognise them. Likewise, you should identify where and how each employee has room to improve. However, employers often make certain mistakes when conducting employee performance reviews. These mistakes can impact morale, decrease efficiency, and, at worse, open you up to an employment tribunal claim<\/a>. Therefore, you should strive to avoid these mistakes, the most common of which this article will explore. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ill-Preparation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As an employer, conducting reviews for each of your employees can be time-consuming and energy-intensive. You may therefore dedicate less time to preparing for each one to save time. However, this often results in unproductive meetings for both you and your employee. Your employee is unlikely to take the review seriously if you seem unprepared. The review may make them unmotivated and lower their morale. This, in turn, could affect your productivity.<\/span>
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Reluctance to Pass On Negative Feedback in Performance Reviews<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even the best performing employees almost always have room to improve. On the other end of the spectrum, you may have certain employees whose performance is not up to your standards<\/a>. In either case, you should treat performance reviews as a forum to air these concerns. This is easier said than done \u2014 many of us do not like to give negative feedback (just like most of us do not like to receive it). But ignoring it during a performance review means you lose one of the most effective places to deal with underperformance or identify room for improvement. As a result, any problems may persist, which in turn drives down productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uncomfortable as it makes us, you should ensure you evaluate all aspects of an employee\u2019s performance, including the negative. Of course, the best way to do so is tactfully and sensitively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n

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