Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a chef.

A chef manages all the activities of a kitchen and ensures that the food is pleasing to the taste and the eyes of the customer. He/she supervises the preparation of food and makes sure that the food is seasoned properly and it is garnished and presented well.

Other duties include supervising staff taking part in food preparation, ordering and purchasing supplies depending on the expected demand of food, making and planning the menu, adjusting the menu depending on availability of food and season, making sure that sanitation regulations are met, controlling the cost of raw materials, ensuring that the raw and cooked food meets quality standards, monitoring production schedules and staff requirements,

Employee Performance Goals Sample

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

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

INTERVIEWING:

To show the willingness to learn more skills on how to improve my interview success chances.

Learn to listen actively to what is said and what is not said during the interviewing process.

[employee comments goal]
LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

Be focused on scheduling goals and share it out equally

Keep your personal needs last and let the team take precedence

[employee comments goal]
DEDICATION TO WORK:

Embrace the company's policies, visions, and objectives to be able to work best

Learn to work alongside others both in group setting and individual tasks

[employee comments goal]
WORK ATTITUDE:

Embrace the right attitude every day you show up for work

Respect everyone ? customers, coworkers, and management for a swift-working place

[employee comments goal]
ADAPTABILITY:

Remain composed even when faced with ambiguity or any form of emergency

Work on accepting all types of change positively and handling changing workloads in response to changing circumstances

[employee comments goal]
EMOTION MANAGEMENT:

Learn to appreciate emotions and avoid excessive criticism of situations

Learn to monitor physical response such as breathing slow and consciously relaxing body areas that are intense

[employee comments goal]
CONSISTENCY AND RELIABILITY:

Learn to make promises and keep them in order to avoid losing one's own credibility, dependability, and integrity

Show willingness to lend a hand on occasion, share one's knowledge and expertise with others and work together for the good of the company

[employee comments goal]
MONITORING OTHERS:

Choose monitoring software to track employee's web usage and block sites that distract them when performing tasks or working on projects

Use video surveillance to ensure that the employees are productive and that they are not violating the company policies

[employee comments goal]
PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

Find opportunities to improve one's skills, and to provide additional services and products to the customers

Provide the necessary information required to accomplish tasks and let other members of the team know when one does not have enough information about a certain task

[employee comments goal]
QUALITY OF WORK:

Recognize and reward team members for producing quality work in order to make them feel appreciated and encouraged to continue delivering quality results and increasing their productivity

Allow enough time for tasks or projects in order to avoid feeling overloaded and increasing chances of errors

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. 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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