OPM director John Berry said employees should receive frequent recognition and praise for good performance from their bosses to keep them motivated and ensure that lines of communication remain open. Federal managers should provide positive feedback to employees at least once a week. He called the current personnel performance reviews “infrequent and rote,” and noted that everyone was rated as “above average.”
1. Assume you are a federal manager. What strategies or systems would you develop to ensure that you are providing performance feedback on a regular basis to your staff members?
2. What strategies or systems would you develop so that the lines of communication are open even when you might have staff who are uncomfortable discussing performance issues?