Performance Appraisal Help

Take the time to review the objectives you set for yourself this year.
Objectively evaluate your performance.
Provide the details you would have included if you were writing about an employee working on your team.
Be sure to include projects or tasks that took significant time that were unplanned for when your objectives were finalized.

Do not procrastinate this task. You need sufficient time to properly prepare a true assessment of your employees.
Ask your employee to prepare a self evaluation of their performance.
While evaluating the performance of the employee's objectives keep in mind -
- their knowledge of their work responsibilities,
- the amount and quality of work assigned to them,
- whether they take the initiative to go beyond the bounds of the task at hand,
- whether you can rely on them to show up when you expect them and represent you properly,
- whether they posses the interpersonal skills that advocates teamwork and greater departmental productivity,

It is important to be concise and accurate in your assessment as relations between departments and organizations can be compromised.
Avoid negative generalizations.
Provide proactive suggestions when citing problems dealing with the individual.
Be sure include the timeliness of responses from the individual.