It's Employee Performance Review Time Again

It's getting to be that time of year, again. As we stare down Q4, four things are pretty much inevitable:

1. pitch-black mornings and evenings are a-comin'
2. frigid temperatures aren't far behind
3. all of those "by 12/31" projects will soon be due
4. it's getting to be employee performance review time again

Regrettably, I can't help you with the shortening days, or dropping temps. But please, make a note-to-self: Next year - and forevermore for that matter - stop with these last-day-of-the-year due dates, already! They don't work. You know they don't work. And they just drive people crazy - including yourself, which segues somewhat nicely to item #4: employee performance reviews.

If you've subscribed to Not Just Talk! for any length of time (or GottaGettaBlog! for that matter) you're probably familiar with my Special Report entitled,

Employee Performance Discussions: 10 Important Things a Boss MUST Know How to Say.

Still, I ask you:

• Wouldn't it be nice if there was an easy way to know what to say to handle your employee performance problems swiftly, professionally, and effectively?
• Wouldn't it be nice if there were some particular phrases or scripts you could use to really bring home the points you're trying to make to your direct reports?
• Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to handle performance issues without your boss or HR representative having to get involved?

Yes it would, and my Employee Performance Discussions downloadable e-book can surely help.

But don't take my word for it:

• "I knew I was supposed to know how to handle employee performance problems - and I thought I did. But whatever I tried didn't work. Until, I read Employee Performance Discussions. It really gave me the confidence I needed to say what I wanted to say." - Mary Stenniger, training director
• "It used to drive me nuts that I'd work my tail off and still get gigged by my boss for not getting more out of my employees. Employee Performance Discussions walked me through how to have the conversations I knew I needed to have with them. And you know what? They worked!" - Joe Meyers, director of operations
• "What amazed me was how quickly my Problem Employee responded once I used the right language to communicate my dissatisfaction and the improvements I needed to see. Employee Performance Discussions helped me save this guy's job!" - Mike Cooper, chief financial officer

So if you've got some 'tricky' performance discussions ahead, best-o-luck. And if you want something more than luck on your side, download a copy of Employee Performance Discussions: 10 Important Things a Boss MUST Know How to Say at http://www.employee-discussions.com/ today.