Few activities in the workplace cause more drama than appraisals. People who barely scrape by for the rest of the year suddenly become top performers and oddly enough some top performers give themselves cringingly modest self appraisals. How can you get self appraisals right: here are five tips from Joan Lloyd of @Work.
1. Use objective evidence of your achievements and successes (I sold a million widgets is more convincing and measurable than my customers think I’m great)
2. Do use customer, colleague and client feedback. Make use of all those thank you emails you received throughout the year or even run your own mini survey to elicit some
3. If you are a numbers kind of person, don’t forget to add some text to explain your achievements, they may not be as clear to you boss as they are to you
4. If you did not deliver a target, say so honestly, taking appropriate responsibility and detailing what you have learned from this
5. When the form asks for the training or development you want try to be specific and to highlight the benefits this development would bring to your employer as well as to you personally.
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