GKH Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Its that time of year again when i have to fill in my self appraisal i was just looking at last years form i filled in and i had put the usual stuff too busy - need more staff !! better communication need blah blah balh !! I need some inspiration for something new - please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 talk about what your strengths are and how you've used in particular examples - we underestimate ourselves at work adn are inclined to be more self critical than is good for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKH Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Thanks i think girls tend to be more self critical and we find it hard to praise ourselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 what job do you do and which bits do you particularly like and why? are you happy to stay in your current role, if so, what maes you shine above your peers and why are you happy to stay where you are? if you're not happy, why and what can the company and you do to change that? is there another role you want to work towards? if so, what help and support (i.e training course) do you need to get there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I get to see loads of these and I'm sorry to say those that just whinge about lack of this or want more of that don't get much attention (and my staff were very good at those!) What I suggested to them instead (and a small minority actually tried ) was - tell me what in your job you do well, and give me an example or two, tell me anything you need extra help with and what help you want, tell me any skills you have that you would like to use in the workplace that we don't use currently and how they could be helpful. One of my more junior admin staff, who usually just whinges turned into a real star and told me how she'd sorted out some IT issues, wanted a bit of help understanding our procedure rules and had excellent organisation skills she thought could help at election time. I hadn't known about the IT issues, I sorted out some mentoring on the rules and she proved a real asset on postal votes - even enjoyed herself in the process. As Poet says, if there's a post you want to work towards, you an use this process to get there - eg instead of being on a project team, you could ask to lead a project team so that you then have a clear example of leadership to talk about later. May be worth trying a bit of creativity. If nothing else, it'll give your manager something more interesting than usual to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 have to agree with the above....we have a system whereby the staff nominate people to write a brief reference for them....they have to supply 4-5 people.. some are obviously their greatest fans...and to be honest not much can be used, but some people think about the subject and their colleague or customer or peer...however they've come into contact with them, and give some good positive points...these are the ones you hope for... best of luck...it is an awful task...but use it to your advantage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKH Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Thanks for all your advice I took lots of ideas on board esp. about my acheivements for the year, what projects i'd like to be involved next year, etc. it went really well - so well in fact i now have 2 staff reporting in to me and next year i'll have to do their appraisals _ oh no!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Well done you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
