Available Now! Writing Performance Reviews: A Write It Well Guide

Does it take you a long time to write performance reviews? Do the reviews that you write clearly describe what employees need to improve and the strengths they can continue to build? Do you know the criteria for acceptable performance documentation? Write It Well’s new book, Writing Performance Reviews:  A Write It Well Guide, will help you write performance objectives, reviews, appraisals, and other performance documentation that is clear, descriptive, objective, and acceptable in today’s workplace.  Full of job-relevant examples and activities, this lively and engaging book will give you the tools you need to efficiently write better performance reviews. We also have onsite training, online training, and facilitator kits ready for you to roll out to help employees complete end-of-year reviews

Apostrophes, Dates, and Decades of Chocolate

“Why do some chocolates cost so much more than others? “Although chocolate is an ‘affordable luxury’ in a general sense, some brands demand a king’s ransom. “Much like coffee beans, cocoa beans are sold by commodity markets. The global price of chocolate spiked in the 1970s, after which it declined a little, only to recover somewhat in the early ‘90s

Five Ways to Improve E-Mail Communication

A large multinational corporation hired Write It Well to look for ways to improve the corporation’s e-mail communication. As part of our engagement, we conducted an internal survey to learn how their employees use e-mail. Here’s what we found

How to Type a Dash

“Finance and clean technology—alternative energy, energy efficiency, the smart grid, etc.—are two vital industries centered on opposite sides of the country. Finance is New York, suits, and golf

Commas, Germs, Your Pet, and You

“For decades, the drug-resistant germ called MRSA was almost exclusively a concern of humans…. But in recent years, the germ has become a growing problem for veterinarians, with an increasing number of infections turning up in birds, cats, dogs, horses, pigs, rabbits and rodents….” “For protection, Dr