January 18, 2008

I am currently in the process of conducting employee performance evaluation for my team.  It was initially awkward as each and every person in my team can be considered as my friend. Can you imagine sitting with your friend and pointing out all their mistakes? Aaargh.

Luckily 98% of the things I have to say are good. So I wouldn’t have to worry about bridges getting burnt in the process.

I was reading this book called One Minute Manager and it mentioned something which I am trying very hard to apply, catch people doing something right. I realized that going into the performance evaluation process I was focusing on the negatives instead of on the positives. I was even panicking when I couldn’t find something bad to say about one person, as if the authenticity of the process would disappear if I don’t have anything to say.

I am really hoping I’d be able to apply everything I learned from this book.