A good performance reviews can—when used correctly—be your single most effective tool to assess past work AND set future goals. Yet poor reviews will lead to rapid turnover … low morale … and potential legal trouble.

Discover how to reduce the anxiety and extract the maximum benefit from your worn-down appraisal process, as you find out:

• The 11 steps every supervisor should take to complete the review process in a legal and effective manner.
• The one legally explosive word you should avoid in every performance review.
• A checklist: Top 5 factors of a first-rate evaluation.
• Whether or not you should require employees sign their reviews.
• The 4 steps to prepare for appraisal discussions.
• Ways to minimize the chance for legal troubles during reviews.
• Guidelines for writing reviews that grab employees attention and improve performance right away.
• Bonus: The Top 10 mistakes employers make in hiring and firing … and how to avoid them.