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Ten Commandments of Performance Management

Consider these management "commandments" :

1. Thou shalt involve thine employees in the design of the performance management program.

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2. Thou shalt go out of thy way to recognize top performers.

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3. Thou shalt allow thy employees to fail (even your son!).

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4. Thou shalt tie a large part of managers' own performance appraisal to how well they plan for, encourage, and assess the performance of their employees.

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5. Thou shalt base performance decisions on actual work results, not on personality traits.

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6. Thou shalt link each individual's goals to the business' overall goals.

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7. Thou shalt realize that telling thy son, daughter, mother, father, brother, etc. that they've done a poor or a good job is not easy.

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8. Thou shalt not succumb to the temptation simply to design a form and call it a performance management program.

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9. Thou shalt train managers (including thyself) to give and receive meaningful performance feedback.

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10. Thou shalt treat employees as adults and with respect, and not lose sight of the fact that they are people, not just your family members.

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Adapted from "The Ten Commandments of Performance Management", Kent E. Romanoff, Personnel, Jan. 1989

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