Poor Employee Performance Feedback: Cytology Laboratory Manager

Attends discussions only when one wants to correct or redirect the group but not to encourage or reaffirm group members

Allows simple and non-descriptive answers during discussions which discourages members participation

Allows employees to be critical about ideas and suggests solutions to expand an idea

Asks a variety of people with various backgrounds for responses in order to evaluate how majority of other people view the decision

Looks at only a part of the company but not as a whole during a strategic planning meeting

Selects the wrong people for strategic planning instead of people who are able to analyze the current company's state and develop achievable future states

Does not have the capacity to handle difficult people and treats them differently

Ignores confrontations and overlooks mistakes leading to a dissatisfied workforce

Assists hurting colleagues by referring them to the help that they need, like employee assistant programs and conflict skills training

Focuses on working towards happiness and betterment rather than just "getting by" each day

Avoids wasting time; quickly finds another way to be productive even after finishing a big project

Anticipates company's needs and possible problems, and comes up with suggestions to address those needs

Reads employees emails but does not notify them of the policy that allows their emails to be read

Uses video surveillance to discourage customers from stealing the company's products but not to monitor employees' activities and productivity

Criticizes team members who fail to achieve their goals instead of working closely with them and trying to find out where the problem is

Shows the unwillingness to seek help when one does not understand the goals or is facing problems with the goals

Takes too much time to get the job done thus delays output or produces less number of works

Allows oneself to be caught up in office gossip or chit-chat instead of concentrating on the assigned task and producing correct and quality work

Does little to create a welcoming atmosphere for individuals and groups with different cultural backgrounds

Possesses little knowledge about different cultures and hardly respects cultural values and beliefs of other people

Describe the technique you have used to assign roles to group members. How have you found the technique effective?

What are some of the methods you have used to solve conflicts in your group?

Is there a time when you have had to deal with a difficult customer? If yes, explain how you went about deciding on what strategy to employ when dealing with the customer

What is one of the most difficult decisions you have made in the last six months? What made it difficult and how did you go about it?

What are your long-term and short-term goals? What have you done to achieve them effectively?

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

Do you develop an action-oriented plan to improve competence and impact in the workplace?

Do you have a laid out plan on how to ensure you reach each employee individually?

Are there instances, when a colleague has made you so angry, but you managed to remain calm and composed?

How do you react to frequent changes in job demands in the workplace?

Are there times you have come in early or stayed late in order to meet a deadline?

Have you ever been overloaded with work? How do you manage your work so that it gets done on time?

How do you create a clear explanation of policies for the employees?

Is there a time when you have had changes in monitoring policy? What have you done to make sure that employees are aware of changes in the monitoring policy?

What is one of the major goals that you have set for yourself recently? How are you planning to achieve it?

Describe a time when you have failed to meet your goals because you had not set them clearly. What did you do?

How do you make sure that you have all the necessary tools before starting a project or task?

If a project is not due for several weeks, when do think it's the best time to start working on it and why?

Are you actively involved in celebrations and events that feature people with different cultures?

What are you doing to encourage individuals and groups with a different cultural background to work with each other?