Saturday, February 27, 2016

Top Self Evaluation Tools Of All Time

By Melissa Roberts


The demand to make a personal evaluation comes with confusion. The fear revolves around how to genuinely rate your performance without appearing boastful with your achievement or too lenient that it affects your standing. There is a delicate balance between modesty and being boastful every time you are called upon to conduct self evaluation.

A personal voice or narrative will help you remain within the boundaries of a good review. This personalized voice will reveal to your seniors that you are fully aware of your skills and how they affect the delivery of your mandate. A good review must therefore consider the mandate assigned by the organization, team or company and how well you have delivered. Your words must be supported by data or incidences that can be verified.

It is important to share insights of how you have grown in the company and at personal level as a result of the responsibilities undertaken. Include developments at company and personal level that are attributed to your leadership. To justify your assertions, consider including the difference that is emanating from your contribution. Bear in mind that bosses are not always aware of what happens below them.

When reviewing your work, consider duties and responsibilities assigned to you. They should be considered alongside goals, mission and policies of the organization. Include your contribution as a team player towards the realization of these goals. In case mistakes have happened in the course of duty as a result of your leadership or judgment, take full responsibility.

The process of personal evaluation is an opportunity to be honest with self. It gives you a chance to consider the contributions you make to the team, group or company. If you exercise full honesty, you have a chance to identify your weaknesses and strength with the aim of improving your performance. This will drive you towards achieving full potential. You will be coming face to face with the hard facts that define or characterize your performance over a given period of time.

Take the review as a moment to demonstrate pride in your achievements. Your achievements within the organization cannot be hidden. Talk openly about them. Where there are projects that required full application of unique skills and expertise, highlight them and the results you achieved. This is a demonstration of your value as an employee and how it has contributed toward the achievement of management goals.

Be concise when evaluating your performance. The temptation to give a blow by blow account of the achievements you have made as an employee is live. Without appearing boastful or rubbing the achievements on the face seniors and managers, give necessary details. Make your assessment catchy yet brief. Juniors and seniors should be recognized for providing assistance in the course of your success journey.

It helps to act like a professional during evaluation. Keep away from personal attacks or unwarranted criticism of people, systems or policies of the organization. Find a way to compensate for obvious weaknesses without being dishonest. Ask for help in case your review reveals weaknesses that can affect your position in the team.




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