Thomas $$ Systems Analyst

Thomas has been with your organization $20$ years and is one of the best IT resources you have ever had the privilege to work with. He is very dependable and intelligent and seems to love his job. He has shared with you that he likes to role$-$play Game of Thrones with his other friends on the weekends. Thomas seems content to continue doing this job until he retires. However, you are starting to hear comments from Thomas' co$-$workers that he likes to do things "the old way" and you are concerned that he is not keeping up with updated technologies, which might prevent him from properly supporting the new software that will be installed in the organization. Thomas currently earns $$80,000$ per year.

As Thomas' supervisor, identify the type of feedback you feel would be most important to improve Thomas' job performance, while also discussing his strengths.

Then, identify a specific goal for Thomas that will become part of his official performance criteria for the next $6$ months. The goal must be a SMART goal: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. $($a specific goal, no need to discuss all goals$)$