Posts Tagged ‘evaluation’

16 Tips to Survive Brutal Criticism (and Ask for More)

“You suck.”

Everyone encounters criticism, whether it is a boss pointing out falling performance, a bad review for your book, or even self-criticism after an embarrassing slip-up. Your ability to digest that criticism and make use of it says a lot about your character. Even better is to be the kind of person who can take a sharp, verbal critique, stand up and ask for more.

People are Too… » Continue

October 25 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: advice, Communication, criticism, evaluation, feedback, improvement, Management, suggestions | 12 comments»

How to Give a Killer Evaluation

Ever gone into a performance review, had to deliver a speech or make a sales pitch and become more concerned about what the reviewer was going to say or write than what was in the presentation? It can be like going to the dentist for a root canal. This is a tough area, but it can be even more difficult for whoever is doing the evaluation.

A badly… » Continue

April 27 2007 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: Communication, evaluation, Management, performance, presentation, review | 11 comments»

Extend Vista trial period from 30 to 120 days

If you’ve been trying out Vista for the past 25 or so days (like me), your 30 day evaluation period is about to come to conclusion. A little known fact is that Microsoft built functionality into Vista that will extend the trail period for another 30 days. Open a Command Prompt session (Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt), type slmgr -rearm and hit… » Continue

February 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: evaluation, Technology, windows | 3 comments»

Work is Not a Game

Sport and competition go together. Taking the competition away from sport would reduce it to a pointless, illogical activity. Competition and business go together too, and many links are made between sporting achievement and business success. But work and business are not games. Competition is no longer healthy in the workplace when it gets out of hand.

The essential difference between sporting competition and competition in the business world is choice… » Continue

July 3 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: accomplishment, achievement, commitment, competition, evaluation, freedom, fun, mentoring, motivation, winning, work/life-balance | 1 comment»

Evaluating Your Goals for More Productivity

Productivity is a desirable but elusive quality. Just what can be done to progress from average or marginal productivity to a high level of achievement? One thing that is at the forefront of any attempt at self-improvement is a written statement of goals. Written goals, especially if they are broken down into manageable chunks, give us a framework that we can use to keep track of our… » Continue

January 23 2006 | By Barbara | Tagged: evaluation, goal, planning, Productivity | 1 comment»

Most of us overrate our own abilities

There are dangers if we overrate our own abilities. For instance, one overrates his/her driving ability (or/and car capability) by cutting into corner way too fast, the car goes under-steer and crashes. Medical News Today has a good article on talking about overrating our abilities can have serious consequences. In the article, one of the studies by Dunning showed that:

… “People tend to believe their personal risk of becoming ill… » Continue

October 9 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: ability, decision, evaluation | no comments»