The Complete Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisals

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisals
Author: Adele Margrave
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2000-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028639772

Covers the performance review from goal-setting to evaluation with examples of forms and techniques, provides advice for effective communication, and includes legal tips.

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases
Author: John Carroll
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2006-03-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0241882192

Performance reviews, minus the dread. Nobody likes performance appraisals. To make the most of them, though, managers and supervisors can take advantage of this guide, complete with the phrases and words they need to confidently conduct clear, objective performance reviews. Phrases are given for common behavior and skill categories as well as for common functional areas-and they work, regardless of appraisal type.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Difficult Employees

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Difficult Employees
Author: Robert Bacal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028633701

Provides managers techniques such as intervention and arbitration to maintain a productive working environment despite problem employees, and discusses ways employees can effectively communicate with difficult bosses and co-workers.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Human Resource Management

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Human Resource Management
Author: Arthur R. Pell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028641942

You’re no idiot, of course. You know that your employees are essential to your company’s success. But when it comes to training, motivating, hiring, and firing them, you feel like a few of the many hats you wear don’t fit as well as they should. Don’t outsource your HR function just yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Human Resource Management will simplify everything you need to know about the people business. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you learn: --How to locate, hire, and retain the most qualified people for positions. --What you need to know about the law and regulations to avoid costly legal battles. --How to organize and administer an effective compensation and benefits plan. --Training tools and techniques to boost employee motivation and performance.

Performance Appraisals and Phrases For Dummies

Performance Appraisals and Phrases For Dummies
Author: Ken Lloyd
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2009-08-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470555440

The tools you need to enrich the performance-appraisal experience as you streamline the process Whether you're a manger looking to implement employee appraisals for the first time, concerned with improving the quality and effectiveness of the appraisal process, or simply trying to save time and mental anguish Performance Appraisals & Phrases For Dummies provides the tools you need to save time and energy while presenting fair and accurate evaluations that foster employee growth. This convenient, portable package includes a full-length appraisal phrasebook featuring over 3,200 spot-on phrases and plenty of quick-hitting expert tips on making the most out of the process. You'll also receive online access to writable, customizable sample evaluation forms other timesaving resources. Includes more than 3,200 phrases for clear, and helpful evaluations Helps make evaluations faster, more effective, and far less stressful Offers far more advice and coaching than other performance appraisal books Serves as an ideal guide for managers new to the appraisal process With expert advice from Ken Lloyd, a nationally recognized consultant and author, Performance Appraisals and Phrases For Dummies makes the entire process easier, faster, and more productive for you and your employees.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Team Building

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Team Building
Author: Arthur R. Pell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2003-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0786542268

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Team-Building shows first-time managers and employees how to work together as a smooth, well-oiled machine. The book shows how to: -- Avoid and manage conflict. Inspire creativity. -- Coax employees to help team members who aren't performing. -- Get everyone to pitch in. -- Gain unprecedented results and make the team enjoy going to work.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading
Author: Abby Marks Beale
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781592577781

Presents strategies and techniques designed to increase reading speed, and improve comprehension and retention of a variety of reading materials.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motivating People

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motivating People
Author: Michael Ramundo
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028632001

This "Idiot's Guide" shows how to pump up trainers, managers, and leaders of all kinds to inspire the people who work for them.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Consulting

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Consulting
Author: Robert Bacal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028642710

Provides advice on starting a consulting business covering such topics as ethics, data gathering, multiple-income stream strategy, professionalism, marketing, and fee structures.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Back Pain

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Back Pain
Author: Jason Highsmith M.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1101478608

Leave back pain behind. For the millions of back pain sufferers, the causes can be numerous, making the search for relief frustrating and complex. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Back Pain and its expert authors explain the many causes of back pain and provide the best methods and techniques for relief and prevention of back pain and maintaining a healthy back. • Do-it-yourself relief • Conventional and alternative options • Chronic pain management • Exercises, yoga, and Pilates to keep the back healthy