Performance review phrases

Performance review phrases comments samples

I. Performance review phrases for attitude

1. Positive phrases

• Wendell is the person who has positive attitude; he is willing to share his thought about things which we highly appreciate.

• When somebody works well, Bill always says congratulation to them. He tends to create a good and comfortable environment with his team.

• When working with the management role, Ken’s positive attitude is the most important and effectiveness skill. He aims to be cooperative with other people and tries to connect everybody together. When solving the problem, he keeps incredible posture and focuses on the positives.

2. Negative phrases

• The most critical element of Lenny is personable. When some problems happen, he is easy to be upset and shock. It is difficult for him to keep calm to solve them perfectly so it is better for him to balance his personality by himself, and to avoid the negative events.

• Bill often gets troubles with his coworkers when they work together. He is easy to be angry or argue with his colleagues.

• It is the truth that all the conversations between Tom and his colleagues can make them argue or be angry. Tom knows it clearly but he doesn’t change his attitude when talking about non-work related topics. So it is recommended for him to change it.

II. Performance review phrases for creativity

1. Positive phrases

• In the meeting, Paul often gives new and interesting ideas about the discussing issue. It means that he is creative. But some people don’t accept it.

• Fred is the creative person. When some problems happen, he often is the first person who thinks and gives the most effective solutions to deal with them perfectly.

• Even when we get serious problem, Jenny is the most important person we can trust on because she can keep her minds and thinking intelligent and clearly, then she can give the innovative and effective solutions

2. Negative phrases

• Bob is able to be a creative person with many interesting ideas but he cannot be successful to tap into it. So the most important way for him to promote and develop his potential is getting the balance of being pragmatic and creative.

• When solving the general problem, Terry often applies his personal ideas without any reference from other’s opinions or alternative options. This is not good for team working because it will make the creativity of the team stifle.

• Mandy is lack of the communication and interaction with her team member; that will prevent her from giving the new ideas. So she is recommended to have more interaction with others.

III. Performance review phrases for critical thinking

1. Positive phrases

• When solving the problems, John often quickly analyze the pros and cons of the current case before deciding what is the most effective solution.

• If there is any problem happening, John can give on-time solutions which can help him solve is quickly and effectively.

2. Negative phrases

• John doesn’t analyze carefully on the situations and potential affect of his solutions before making the final decision.

• John is not able to give the most effective solutions for any problem because his options are always mediocre.

IV. Performance review for goals setting

1. Positive phrases

• When working in a team, John always pays attention of the goals they set up as well as the achievements his staffs can get.

• Setting the clear and achievable goals is the most important stage in John’s working way. And he can also estimate the right performance from his group when doing their tasks.

2. Negative phrases

• Being the supervisor but he doesn’t share the responsibility with his staff. Instead of it, he often thinks that his employees are the people who have to take all responsibility for deadlines, objectives as well as results.

• The ability of setting the suitable goals of John’s is not good. Sometime he often asks his staff complete the goals which they cannot achieve.

V. Performance review phrases for initiative

1. Positive phrases

• John often thinks that his performance is not as good as everybody says. So he always wants to try to improve his performance as much as possible.

• John is considered as the best person in the group because of his innovative ideas, critical goals and effective working methods.

• John never minds about the new tasks. Even the news difficult tasks appear, he always takes them as his chances to develop himself.

2. Negative phrases

• John always gets troubles when he has to deal the tasks alone.

• John often neglects the unexpected opportunities; that will make him lose the chances to improve himself.

• John often does everything amateur; he never dares to do anything innovatively.

VI. Performance review phrases for interpersonal skills

1. Positive phrases

• Tim can keep the good communication with everybody and he also encourages them working harder and more effectively.

• Bill has the good interaction skills because he knows how he can keep the good relationship with others and doesn’t make them dissatisfied.

• Greg is very good at communicating with everyone so everybody likes his good behavior with others.

2. Negative phrases

• In the group, Paula is not special person because she can not build a good relationship with her colleagues.

• Tim cannot set apart “friend” and “coworker” so he doesn’t know what is more important in working environment: friendship or building a good working relationship.

• Fred is not good at communicating with others so he often makes them feel not comfortable. It is better for him to improve his interaction skills to build a good relationship with them.

VII. Performance review phrases for quality of working

1. Positive phrases

• John never makes mistake in producing any products.

• John often pays strong attention in working and he never ignore any detail at work.

• We very highly appreciate John because of his very good performance which is high quality and accuracy.

2. Negative phrases

• When working, John often doesn’t know what is more important he should pay more attention and energy to complete.

• We can not rely on John about the quality of product.

• He doesn’t take enough time to check carefully his performance ore products before handing over.

VIII. Performance review for teamwork

1. Positive phrases

• Holly makes everybody satisfied because she often contributes positively to the success of others instead of hers.

• Being a member of a team, Mary knows very well how to keep a good relationship and communication with others to finish team work. She often helps others in times of need.

• Tom is often the first person who volunteers to enjoy and completing the project of his team even it is big or difficult.

2. Negative phrases

• Being a member of team but Manny never keeps following her team when working together and she doesn’t know how to help others to complete project.

• Brian pays strong attention so that he can not think about the needs of his other teammate.

• Fred often pays more attention on completing his tasks than support other teammate who might need his assistance.

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