Note: This sample employee performance evaluation form tends to be used more often for regular one on one discussions with your team members. Please also review our other performance appraisal and performance management forms

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"Building strong relationships with your team members, is your first leadership tasks" 

A good employee performance evaluation form will provide you with the right structure for your employee reviews, and help you to build stronger relationships with your team

Performance Evaluation Form structure

A good form will act as a checklist helping you to structure your employee performance feedback sessions, without being overly cluttered. In general terms you should consider having 6 sections on your form

1. Header/Introduction
2. Current performance against agreed performance standards
3. Comments section
   • Team member comments
   • Manager comments
4. Agreed objectives to meet by the next discussion
5. Actions
6. Signatures

Form Header or Introduction

Current Performance Against Agreed Performance Standards

The next section of the form outlines the previously agreed level of employee performance expected for the period in review. 

For a high performing employee you may jointly agree excessive targets, whiles for a low performing or developing employee this maybe below the minimum expected level of performance, yet still represent progress towards the expected performance standard.

Comments Section

Take a few summary notes of the employee's comments and summarise your feedback - this should only take a few minutes and can be completed in the discussion.

While you may know your feedback prior to the meeting, it makes for a healthier relationship to record your feedback during the session instead of before. (If you pre-fill the form with your comments the employee may think you are not interested in what they have to say)

New Performance Standards

In this section, you will agree performance goals for the next period and add them to the form. (Use this as an opportunity to challenge your middle and high performing people to a stretch)

And / or

Signatures

Just to make it formal both the manager and employee sign the form

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