Work matters: Management focus - A fair appraisal

Nursery World, 17 January 2008

Meeting staff members to review performance and hear feedback is worth the effort for both parties if handled properly, says Jenny Stocks

A key element of managing childcare staff is to give truthful and constructive feedback about their performance. Annual appraisals are crucial to this task, but in a busy nursery environment it is easy to forget to give them the attention and preparation they deserve. Simon Jones, acting chief executive of Investors in People (IiP), says, 'Recruitment and retention of qualified and skilled early years workers is a growing issue within the childcare industry. Employees will inevitably favour organisations...

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