When it comes to performance appraisal feedback, the longer the appraisal document, the better.

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The typical appraisal is often three pages long and filled with vague, uncommunicative language and is useless to ensure that improvement happens.Lawrence Bossidy, former AlliedSignal CEO, recommends an appraisal take up half a page and cover just three topics: what the boss likes about your performance, what you can improve, and how you and your boss are going to make sure that improvement happens.

When It Comes to Performance Appraisal Feedback, the Longer the Appraisal