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Usually, the friendly bosses are highly people-oriented personalities, and because of this trait, it becomes really difficult for them to give negative feedback to any of the team members till the last moment. And some of them don't even give it in the last moment.
This doesn't mean that they should turn-around themselves, and become a task-oriented person; but only three simple steps can do wonders.

Set the Milestones

Create clear milestones and result areas for each role or team members. Inform them about these milestones and result areas well in advance.

Quantify the Milestones

Always try to keep the above mentioned result areas as quantitative as possible, and give the responsibility to the team member to keep track of his/her own record.

Review after each Milestone

After every set milestone, conduct review and inform the team members about their achievements, areas of improvements and, if possible, compliment it with suggestions on how to improve it.

Everyone prefers getting periodic feedback, and it helps them to do better in time to come around also, so that year-end results don't turn out to be such a shock for them. According to various surveys conducted, it's a proven fact that it's human tendency to rate oneself highest in the performance scale. Periodic reviews in such scenario helps in setting the expectations right, and prepare the appraisee and appraiser for end results. And so usually, end results don't turn out to be a shock for the person, and a disaster for the organization.

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Richa Jain is currently working in IT industry as an HR professional. She has done her Engineering in Industrial Production from Jabalpur Engineering College, followed by MBA in HR from ICFAI, Hyderabad.