Performance Appraisals – 3 Areas of Improvement You Can Live With

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  Kaustubh Katdare

  We'd be happy if you could share few tips on the following -
  
  

  Area of Improvement # 1: Improve soft skills such as presentation or negotiation skills. Everyone needs to improve their soft skills, and highlighting this has no impact on your professionalism.

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  vegetablevn

  The_Big_K

  We'd be happy if you could share few tips on the following -

  Hi everybody,
  
  
  You can see same topic at the side bar of this site. You can find out some thing same your questions or use search box.
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  mrngorickets

  Hi,
  
  Thanks very much for this comment. It help me to think about my ideals.
  
  Tks again and pls keep posting.
  Best regards.
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  Ankita Katdare

  Requesting #-Link-Snipped-# and #-Link-Snipped-# if they can share what manager could write in the areas of improvements during performance appraisals. I guess there are categories for competencies which could include - communication, leadership, problem solving, articulation of ideas, priority setting, domain knowledge, technical skills, dedication or attitude, result-oriented approach, analytical skills etc.
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  Anoop Kumar

  Manager always wants from a candidate to Team player and someone who can be stick to company as long as they can.
  Also, a resource needs to rise on vertical ladder of organization. They need handle responsibility of next level then only they get promoted.
  
  So, Area of improvement is divided in two category
  1. If a resource is under-performer. So manager ask them to improve to current level of responsibility (Can be technical/Team Player/handling extra stuffs)
  2. If resource is performing well. A manger identify the spot for him/her which they can fit. So, they fill ask them to work on those responsibility. It's not improvement but the opportunity step up on organization ladder.
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Indian IT companies most of them have taken away the meaning of performance appraisal.
  But what areas of improvements i write, always match with the associate's aspirations which he communicated earlier and couldnt do it because he is busy. So i give them time and opportunity to work and prove it.
  
  It can be any thing, technical , soft skills etc.
  
  And also i think these days, these appraisals are over rated, we cant give proper appraisal anytime and we have to follow hell lot of rules and there will be a HR rules always we have to keep in mind. So its more or less i think and i believe is how much budget you have? and rest everything will be based on that budgets 😀
  
  THe only exception are exceptional people at the top and bottom, at top they will be given good , at bottom bad simple. Rest everything is to pass time and keep the associate for next year!
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Well, my opinion is slightly different. I think one 'area' which is often ignored, but is something that gets the job of attracting good ratings done. I'm not sure if it's relevant only in Indian context. So what is it anyway?
  
  >>>How friendly you are with your manager
  
  If you are the one who gels well with your manager - you can be sure of getting good grades, irrespective of the work you've done for the company. I know I sound grossly negative; but I've seen it happening year after year. If you are the one who shares a smoke or a drink with your manager often; talk about personal problems and manage to get sympathy - you're on your way to glory in the corporate ladder.
  
  I've seen people who regularly shared their personal problems with their manager; making the manager their 'personal guide, philosopher and guru' and the manager would never let his/her follower fail (get average grades).
  
  My general advice - start working on ensuring that you make your manager feel like he/she holds an important place in your life. Crack jokes with them, tell them your personal problems, get advice from them (general life's advice and professional advice) and make them feel like a leader who owns you. Do it even if it's against your ego - because that's what will get you good grades.
  
  Sorry for the rant, but what I wrote above works. Always.
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  Anoop Kumar

  Kaustubh Katdare

  My general advice - start working on ensuring that you make your manager feel like he/she holds an important place in your life. Crack jokes with them, tell them your personal problems, get advice from them (general life's advice and professional advice) and make them feel like a leader who owns you. Do it even if it's against your ego - because that's what will get you good grades.

  Instead of this I would prefer to change my Manager 😁.
  
  

  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  So its more or less i think and i believe is how much budget you have? and rest everything will be based on that budgets

  True that.👍
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Anoop Kumar

  Instead of this I would prefer to change my Manager

  ...and the story repeats. I'd rather treat this as a 'game' to play; where I don't let my ego spoil it. Managers will be the same everywhere, because the systems they are a part of is more or less the same. There's shit everywhere - no matter what profession you choose. Even if you decide on becoming your own boss; the 'customers' will become the 'boss', indirectly.
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  Ankita Katdare

  I think following can be listed as areas of improvement:
  
  1. Communicating.
  It could be your problems, appreciation, orientation or simply conveying your opinions. There has to be transparency at work and for that clear communication is a big must.
  
  2. Goal setting.
  Make them set personal goals next to official goals. This will help them assess their own performance. Goals can also be set for small teams or teams within teams.
  
  3. Task Prioritisation
  This is definitely needed. Most employees fail at giving priority levels to the tasks assigned to them. This can be a major area of improvement during performance appraisals.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Did we forget Task Delegation?

  It may not apply to the junior engineers who have no one reporting to them. But for anyone who's got someone reporting to them, task delegation could be an important appraisal - area of improvement. 

  
  

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  Jasmine SA

  "Improve soft skills such as presentation or negotiation skills. Everyone needs to improve their soft skills, and highlighting this has no impact on your professionalism."

  Couldn't agree more about presentation skills and negotiation skills. These skills are often underrated and employees in the technical role ignore them. I work for a startup where the responsibility sales is shared by the devs and we had to organise a training session for all of us focused on simple negotiation skills. There are lot of videos available on youtube that offer great content.