Performance Review Phrases for Initiative
Performance Review Phrases for this core competency can be frustrating. You can have a really good worker at whatever the job is, but the person lacks taking initiative. Initiative means the person has a drive within themselves to do a better job, be a better employee and seeks opportunities to improve or learn more.
Some examples of positive free performance appraisal phrases could be:
Terry explores new opportunities without being pushed to do so
Terry requires minimum supervision
Terry is always pursuing ways to further development or better himself
Terry always takes responsibility for his area and their actions
Terry is always challenging the way it has always been done and seeks to improve the environment
Terry champions new ideas, objectives or tools
Terry seeks and will take on any new opportunity that might present itself
Some negative performance review phrases could be:
Terry doesn’t apply himself as much as he could given his experience and knowledge
Terry requires constant supervision to get his work completed
Terry doesn’t appear to want to learn any new techniques or skills
Terry has trouble doing his tasks without help or supervision
Terry doesn’t seek out opportunities to learn and grow within his role
Terry fails to think out of the box and prefers to do things the way they have always been done
Some goals or objectives that can be set for an employee who is lacking initiative are to say to him that it the employees responsibility to seek opportunities to learn and grow in their role. Tell them not to wait for opportunities to come to them, but to seek out those opportunities. Have the employee do research and trends within their given role or industry. Tell the employee that you need them to be more independent and rely less on managers and peers to complete their tasks. Help them define what skills they should be seeking out and what opportunities “might” be out there for them. Again, it is your responsibility as their manager to define the expectation, but it us to the employee to actually live up to the expectations that have been set.
Immediate Resources for you:
Performance Review Software
Instant Access to an spreadsheet with performance review phrases
Amazon Books we recommend (some with ebooks available)
Performance Review Templates – immediately downloadable
If you have other suggestions or more key performance review phrases for this core competency that might help people give performance reviews please comment to this post..