10 top tips - work perfomance #appraisal #jargon and #translation to what it really means

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1 - Jargon        - Dominic has a confident grasp of his experience & skills
1 - Translation - Dominic is full of himself

2 - Jargon        - Dominic has a confident and articulate grasp of his experience and skills
2 - Translation - Dominic is really full of himself

3 - Jargon        - Samantha takes individual responsibility for team tasks
3 - Translation - Samantha does things she wasn't asked to do

4 - Jargon        - Samantha takes adventurous individual responsibility for team tasks
4 - Translation - Samantha does things she wasn't asked to do that others could do better

5 - Jargon        - Roger ably adds his long experience to discussions
5 - Translation - Roger bangs on about his 20 years experience

6 - Jargon        - Roger ably adds his long and varied experience to discussions
6 - Translation - Roger bangs on about his 20 years experience of being moved sideways

7 - Jargon        - Julia as a boss helped me appreciate the value of mentoring 
7 - Translation - Julia hasn't the first idea how to do mentoring

8 - Jargon        - Julia as a boss helped me appreciate the value of focused mentoring
8 - Translation - Julia hasn't the first idea how to do mentoring but tells endless stories

9 - Jargon        - I've enjoyed this appraisal process
9 - Translation - If I hadn't treated this process as a joke I'd have cried

10 - Jargon        - I've enjoyed this appraisal and the separate development process
10 - Translation - If I hadn't treated these co-joined processes as a joke I'd have cried