Sample employee comments on perance review examples Form 2023

What about posting in their local Craigslist?

The first step is to do some exploratory analysis. Figure out some factors that you believe influence whether or not someone comments, and see if theres any patterns that seem related to comment frequency. You also need to figure out what question you want to ask, determining if a person will comment (binary, yes/no) could be very different than looking at how frequently they comment. For example, theres may be a lot of people who comment once and never return, do you include these as commentors? Their motivation is probably different than people who post regularly, so that might affect how you chose to group them.

I know thatu2019s the classic approach. I personally have never been a fan of it and here is why. When you give the product away for free, the consumer doesnu2019t really value it. So when they give you a positive review, you canu2019t ever be sure about it because you have no clue if they really liked the product or if they are just saying nice things about it because you gave them something for free. Even if they have to pay a small amount, get them to put a little skin in the game. That way the feedback youu2019ll get is real, which is what you want. You want to know if your product has an issue and the earlier you know the better. The last thing you want is to put out a product under the false pretense that itu2019s good only to find out it wasnu2019t and consumers hate it.

First off, Google has no hits for it, so itu2019s not a trendy buzzphrase you need to learn.The phrase u201cBe the ROIu201d first makes me think of Coveyu2019s u201cBegin with the end in mind.u201d To me it means to take ownership of your job, to treat it like itu2019s your company, and any real owner will always have a mind toward the Return on Investment the business is getting for their investment (your salary.) Once you get good at that, remember the ROI of every verb you do.The guy who coined the phrase u201ccost centeru201d has since said he doesnu2019t use it anymore, because everyone should see themselves and should be seen as a profit center. Like they said in band, the third clarinet, who only serves by sitting and waiting, is still just as important as the first chair. You donu2019t get that in 7th grade, but hopefully you do now.When I was in MBA school, we were told that weu2019d be competing everywhere against old-school consultants from the good olu2023 days who all used the rule of thumb of always providing 10x as much return as they asked for. If they charged you $50,000 to help you pivot your firm, they internally expected themselves and each other to demonstrate a $500,000 increase in your revenueu2014no matter what you hired them for.Ever hire a salesman? If you have, I donu2019t even have to finish this thought. Many great salesmen have been raised that as long as theyu2019re bringing in money, theyu2019re teflon. It surprises you the first time you hire someone who then says u201coh, I donu2019t do meetingsu201d and walks away, asking your receptionist on the way out to be reimbursed for their time attending their own job interview. But if they get those contracts signed, you roll your eyes and write the check. Because those who u201cbe their ROIu201d are immune. Whether they become brats is irrelevant.So I personally donu2019t consider u201cBe the ROIu201d a red flag or even bad advice. It may be symptomatic, but bosses telling me to act like I owned the place really set me on the right courseu2014it kept me from ever waiting for anyone else to do something that needed to be done or saying u201cif theyu2019re not doing X, they deserve what they get.u201d No, I just handled it. Now Iu2019m more likely to say u201cthe cows have gottau2023 be milkedu201d than u201cthatu2019s an unreasonable request.u201d If itu2019s truly unreasonable, put the fire out and then complain later. You donu2019t have to feel guilty saying No to things that donu2019t push the ball forward, but that only works when you know what the ball is, and you donu2019t know that if you donu2019t consider the ROIu2014not the just financial Return any more than just the financial Investment, just the Return, whatever it is. Make sure everything you do is pushing the ball forward.Now as COO of a law firm thatu2019s filed things with the Supreme Court and successfully played ball with basically every corporation you can name, Iu2019ll admit that it struck me as odd and naive when I was first hired and someone, as friendly advice, said to me u201cfirst, just try to pay your salary from billings, then youu2019ll have all the people on your side who see you as a cost center.u201d Itu2019s good advice. It only struck me as odd because no one had used my ROI as a threat in a long, long time. We were u201csupposed to be above thatu201d because of our white-collar rank, right? But I quickly realized that attorneys work soo much that even at the echelons many still track their hours to the minute, so they simply donu2019t know that those who are coming in from tangential verticals havenu2019t seen that since we were hourly employees. :)But however they phrase it, the logic is still sound. Consider your ROI. If your ROI is positive, even by a penny, you will always be safe. If it is negative, youu2019ll always feel like a fraud. Even if youu2019re in a career that truly might be a cost-centeru2014say a safety officer or in-house counselu2014you still need to find a way to appreciate yourself (and present yourself) as someone who the company would be significantly less profitable without.