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

A head chef manages all the affairs of a kitchen including creating the menu, managing the staff in the kitchen and ordering supplies just like an executive chef. However, he/she is usually under someone else who makes higher decisions such as those relating to staff management and the direction of the menu especially if there are multiple restaurants.

Other responsibilities include being in charge of the process of preparing food, ensuring that the servings are of high quality, approving dishes before they get to the customer, supervising subordinates, maintaining payroll and attendance records, hiring and training kitchen staff, complying with sanitation regulations as well as order for the required ingredients and equipment.

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

DECISION MAKING:

Search for data that sheds some light on the issue at hand and ask for help to evaluate the objectivity and completeness of the data

Think through the best people one should involve in the decision-making process in order to avoid making poor decisions

[employee comments goal]
TEAM BUILDING:

Understand the company's expectations, their requirements, their need and their mode of operations

Understand the seriousness of the project and the time allocated to each project

[employee comments goal]
WORK ATTITUDE:

Embrace the right attitude every day you show up for work

Desire to always work to the very best of your ability

[employee comments goal]
EMOTION MANAGEMENT:

Do other things outside work such as watching TV, exercising, surfing the internet, etc. that will help forget a stressful situation at work

Regularly attend training on emotion management aimed at creating positive emotion management behavior

[employee comments goal]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

Practice waiting for a few hours or days before making a decision or responding to an emotionally -charged or difficult situation

Learn the elegant art of persuasion; make real connections based on solid knowledge and sound reasoning for one's point of view

[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 tracking software for clocking in and out only, but not to track employees' movement when they are out of the office

[employee comments goal]
PERSONAL COMMITMENT:

Get rid of temptations such as social media apps in order to become more disciplined and focus on what is important

Believe that one's goal is doable and that one has the skills needed to accomplish it

[employee comments goal]
PRACTICAL THINKING:

Adopt a strategic approach to the situation at hand and actively follow through on that strategy

Take something that others see quite often or take for granted and analyze it to see if it could be a solution to the problem at hand

[employee comments goal]
GOAL AND OBJECTIVE SETTING:

Reward and recognize oneself and others when a goal has been accomplished in order to feel motivated to keep working hard

Take responsibility for own actions and refrain from making excuses or blaming others when one fails to meet own goals

[employee comments goal]
ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING:

Volunteer in community activities within the community that supports the venture

Put more effort in analyzing situations, conduct research, compile data, and make conclusions based on facts obtained from the research

[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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