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Title: Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations by James E. Jr. Neal ISBN: 1-882423-10-0 Publisher: Neal Pubns Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Plastic Comb Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (21 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Essential guide for written performance appraisals
Comment: "Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals" is the equivalent of a "Roget's Thesaurus" for supervisors and managers who have to evaluate employee performance on a regular basis. It organizes effective phrases under headings such as 'Communicative Skills" and "Leadership". You pick the most appropriate phrase to describe your employee's performance, e.g. "optimally utilizes all channels of communications", and write the review. Even if you don't want to use phrases out of this book, I've found that it is a good pattern book for brainstorming my own phrases.

The only omission (in my opinion) in "Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals" is the lack of phrases for below average performance. Try "The Definitive Performance Writing Guide" by Douglas L. Drewry for your below average performance appraisals.

Rating: 3
Summary: Useful For New Managers
Comment: New to management? Have to give a performance review and you don't know how to approach it? This book will get you there.

"Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations" by James E. Neal isn't the snappiest book you'll read, and it is not the best value.

It is alphabetically organized by main topic terms, from 'accuracy,' ' achievement' and 'administration' to 'versatility' 'vision' and 'writing ability.'

You'll find 25,000 phrases under 58 such topics. For 'accuracy' there are 24 phrases, like "expects perfection" and "meets precise standards."

The drawback is twofold: the layout wastes space, and the content is easily found in other, more substantive books. It could easily be reduced to a 50 pages booklet.

There are guidelines for appraisals spread across several short appendices.

Useful for the new supervisor, or as a refresher for an experienced middle manager...

Anthony Trendl

Rating: 5
Summary: It's a very useful book
Comment: This is a fantastic book. The thoughtful yet articulate phrases enhance any performance appraisal. I would highly recommend it.

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