Get the most from performance reviews

Investment Executive contacted Clear HR Consulting for human resources expertise and advice on how to get the most from performance reviews.  Cissy Pau, principal consultant of Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting, provided some tips on how to have a constructive performance review meeting.  Some of the tips included:

• Be prepared in advance of the meeting so both sides are clear on the purpose of the meeting;
• When giving feedback, both positive and negative, describe the behaviour, give examples, and explain the consequences and impacts of the behaviour;
• Don’t limit feedback to a once-a-year meeting – instead have regular, ongoing, casual communications with your staff to keep them on track.