Use this step by step explanation to craft a good employee performance feedback review for a network architect. Find the right words with quality phrases.

A network architect designs networks and provides expert advice on telecommunications. He/she interprets business requirements and translates them into the new networks. The understanding of the specific business needs is essential for a professional acting in this capacity.

Other duties include providing technological developments that are well aligned with the business's strategic direction and existing financial resources. He/she also works together with other technical specialists including applications, server, and enterprise architects, to make sure there is harmony among technology portfolios. They are also involved in the development of standards for regulating networks and also offers advice to customers based on their needs. Lastly, he/she is responsible for evaluating and reviewing new network technologies against strategic business goals.

Employee Performance Review Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Rating: Rate the employee against the core skills based on how well he/she demonstrates each skill. Give scores 1, 2, or 3 for each rating depending on the employee's performance.
  2. Comments: Use this area to give examples of employee's performance phrases. The phrases should describe how well an employee has performed on previously set goals based on the given core skill.
  3. Summary: Use this section to give a summary of the employee's strengths and areas for improvement or development. Recommend a step increase for an employee who has met the expectations and performance improvement plans for one who doesn't meet expectations.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources manager must examine and indicate whether he/she concurs with the evaluation and comments. If the manager agrees, then he/she must sign the evaluation form. If he/she doesn't concur, then he/she must provide reasons explaining why this is so.
  5. Signatures: Sign the evaluation form and give it to the employee to go through and answer the Self Evaluation Questions. Ask him/her to sign and date the evaluation form before giving it back to the human resources for filing.

Rating Meaning

The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies.

1

Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results.

2

The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work.

3

Supervisor's Feedback

Skill

Comments

Rating

CUSTOMER ORIENTED: Customer Oriented is a skill that focuses primarily on the client as the King offering quality services that meet the customer's expectations with an aim to inspire people rather than just try to sell their product.

Handles complaints and difficult situations with customers with much ease.

Great at following up with clients and makes sure they are updated on matters relating to their transactions.

2

VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Verbal Communication is the use of tones and language to relay a message; it aids as a vehicle for expressing ideas, concepts and it, is critical to the daily running of the business.

Emphasizes on the key vital points of a topic to ensure that the message is well understood by others.

Never beats around the bush but instead goes straight to the point.

2

NEGOTIATION SKILLS: Negotiation Skills are a deliberative process by which people settle their differences through an acceptable agreement to both parties to co-exist without argument and dispute in the workplace.

Exudes a great wealth of knowledge and present concrete facts while negotiating.

Shows willingness to compromise when the deal seems not to be going through for the interest of parties involved.

2

INNOVATION: Innovation is the process of translating new invention into a service that creates value or brings better solutions that meet the requirements.

Demonstrates confidence and poise when pursuing new and challenging tasks.

Shows great ability to assess and manage any form of risks that might arise.

2

NETWORKING: Networking is the process that encourages an exchange of information and ideas among individuals or groups that share the same interests.

Vocalizes own strengths, successes, and previous experiences, when having a meeting with other business associates and professionals in order to impress and make new connections

Attends community functions such as job fairs or local festivals in order to meet new people and get the name of one's company recognized by the community

3

STRATEGIC PLANNING: Strategic Planning is organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations while guaranteeing that employees and other stakeholders are working towards common goals.

Considers the potential impact of the company's objectives on both revenues and expenses in order to prioritize and reflect them in future budgets

Sets clear deadlines to ensure that a timeline is being met and that the participants prioritize the process properly during the time that is required to complete it

2

PHYSICAL ABILITIES: Physical Abilities is the ability of one's strengths and limitations that are also known as the individual resources to perform well at the tasks given.

Successfully applies knowledge acquired in the daily tasks that are undertaken

Have physical abilities that favor the company in doing manual tasks

2

SELF CONFIDENCE: Self Confidence is the ability to know who you are and what you are capable of doing which shows in your behavior, your body language, how you speak, etc.

Talks to oneself kindly, and encouragingly instead of beating oneself up for making mistakes

Always has a positive attitude and tries as much as possible to cut the negative self-talk

2

CONCEPTUAL THINKING: Conceptual Thinking is the ability to recognize a situation or problem by identifying patterns or connections while addressing the underlying issues.

Sees trends, patterns and missing pieces when looking at information and tries to draw links between the information and the context

Identifies and creates new strategies that will fulfill the changing needs of the customers in the future

2

MEETING MANAGEMENT: Meeting Management is the skill to know and understands the reason why an official meeting should be held and who should attend.

Reviews the participants list during a meeting to ensure most of the important participants have attended

Demonstrates willingness to learn more meeting management skills to improve future meetings

2

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

CUSTOMER ORIENTED:

Have you ever anticipated an adverse reaction from a customer? Which measures did you take?

What do you understand by excellent customer service? Explain a time when you offered it.

[employee comments]
VERBAL COMMUNICATION:

How well can you rate your verbal skills and what are you doing to improve?

How do you aim to improve your verbal communication skills to be the best in it?

[employee comments]
NEGOTIATION SKILLS:

Give an instance that you managed to negotiate on something. What was the result?

Have you ever lost your temper while negotiating with someone and what was the outcome?

[employee comments]
INNOVATION:

How well do you deal with pressure when it comes to developing workable solutions to problems?

Describe the best and the worst decision you have ever made?

[employee comments]
NETWORKING:

How has making new connections improved your professional and personal skills?

Is there a time when you have lost a great client due to poor networking techniques? What happened? What have you done to improve your networking skills?

[employee comments]
STRATEGIC PLANNING:

Can you describe a time when you have anticipated the future and made changes to current operations to meet future needs?

Describe a time when you have cooperated in the planning of a project. What was your role?

[employee comments]
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Do you stay updated on the new technology that is in the market for the equipment you are working with

Do you have any health complications that the management should know about?

[employee comments]
SELF CONFIDENCE:

Is there someone who has contributed to your self-confidence? What did that person do to build up your feeling of self-worth?

Do you feel full of self-confidence or do you wish you had more of it?

[employee comments]
CONCEPTUAL THINKING:

Describe the most complex task you have ever accomplished. What information did you use when handling this task?

Describe the steps and methods you have used to identify a vision for your department. What would you have done differently?

[employee comments]
MEETING MANAGEMENT:

Have you ever failed to give participants the topic to be discussed beforehand? How did you correct the mistake?

What are you doing to ensure participants remain focused throughout a meeting?

[employee comments]

Summary

Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 5: To be completed by the employee

1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations

2. Areas to improve

3. Goals completed since last performance feedback

4. Goals for next period

5. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:
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