Monday Morning Musings- "Manage" is a Verb

As in other aspects of life, communication is important at work too.  Give regular, prompt performance feedback to your employees, both positive and negative.  Don't save it up for the annual performance evaluation and then do a brain dump.  Make sure the feedback is accurate and contains suggestions for improvement.  Since no one walks on water, this should not be that difficult really.  If the manager has done his/her job appropriately through the year, nothing said in the annual performance review should be a genuine surprise to the employee.  Similarly, if a manager fires someone and the employee is genuinely surprised (yes, I know employees sometimes pretend to be shocked at their terminations), there has been an organizational failure on one or more fronts, starting with communication.  "Manage" is a verb and management is a continual, active process, no matter how great your employees are.  http://www.employmentlawman.com/monday-morning-musings.html