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Presented by:Cecelia Largo-Nez, Community Involvement Specialist
Local Governance Support CenterFort Defiance Agency
March 25,2 009“Essential Tools to Enhance Leadership Skills”
Chapter Officials Training
Navajo Nation Personnel Policies Manual
I. Section XI-Employee Performance Appraisal
A. Policy: The policy of the Navajo Nation is to encourage and promote optimal employee performance using program management objectives. Every employee must receive a performance appraisal at least once a year.
B. Purpose: The purpose of the Employee Appraisal is to evaluate past job performance and set objectives for future performance.
C. Duties and Responsibilities1. Supervisors shall be responsible for evaluating past performance
pursuant to procedures issued by the Department of Personnel Management.
2. At the beginning of each review period, supervisors will be responsible for establishing specific objectives and performance objectives consistent with program objectives and current job description.
3. Department of Personnel Management shall issue procedures regarding performance appraisals and establish periods and timelines for submission of appraisals.
II. Objectives of a Performance Appraisal:
A. To give employees the opportunity to regularly discuss performance and performance objectives with their supervisor.
B. To provide the supervisor with a means of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of an employee’s performance.
C. To provide a format enabling the supervisor to recommend a specific program designed to help an employee improve performance.
D. To provide a basis for salary or merit bonus pay recommendations.
III. Performance Appraisal must meet certain Legal Requirements:
A. Performance ratings must be job-related.B. Employees must be given a written copy of their job
standards in advance of appraisals.C. Managers who conduct the appraisal must be able to
observe the behavior they are rating.D. Supervisors should be trained to use the appraisal form
correctly.E. Appraisals should be discussed openly with employees and
counseling or corrective guidance offered to help poor performers improve their performance.
F. An appeals procedures should be established to enable employees to express disagreement with the appraisal.
III. Developing a Performance Objectives the “SMART” Way: There are many different methods used to gather information about the performances of employees; however, gathering information is only the first step in the appraisal process.
A. An example using “SMART”: (S) smart, (M) measureable, (A) achievable, (R) results-focused, and (T) time-bound.
B. To develop a standard using SMART, start with an action verb.
1. Answer “What will be done?”2. How will it been done?3. Why will it be done?4. When will it be done?
IV. Chart 1: Developing Objectives for Goals, Duties and Competencies:
Goals, Duty, or Competency Standard
1. Manage budgets (duty)What: Manages budgets
How: by monitoring expenditures and reconciling bank statements
Why: to ensure all charges are necessary expenses and charged appropriately
When: by the end of each month
Complete Standard: Manages budgets by monitoring department expenditures and reconciling bank statements by the end of the month, ensuring that all charges are necessary expenses and charged to the appropriate account.
2. Records Maintenance Skills (KSA)(From Knowledge, Skills, Abilities section of job description)
What: Develop new filing procedures
How: by analyzing work flow and eliminating unnecessary steps
Why: increase the efficiency of an accounting office
When: by the end of the fiscal year
Complete Standard: Develop new filing procedures by analyzing work flow and eliminating unnecessary steps to increase the efficiency of an accounting office by the end of the fiscal year.
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