evaluate performance

Meaning

This phrase means to assess, judge, or measure how well someone or something is doing a job or functioning over a period of time. In business, it is commonly used during annual reviews of employees, or when analyzing the efficiency of a system or department. It carries a professional, objective tone.

Examples

• We need to evaluate performance at the end of each quarter to ensure we meet our targets.

  We need to evaluate performance at the end of each quarter to ensure we meet our targets.

• The manager scheduled a meeting to evaluate the performance of the new software.

  The manager scheduled a meeting to evaluate the performance of the new software.

• How does the HR department evaluate employee performance fairly?

  How does the HR department evaluate employee performance fairly?

• Before we discuss promotions, we must evaluate your performance over the past year.

  Before we discuss promotions, we must evaluate your performance over the past year.

• Our main goal is to evaluate the performance of our marketing campaigns.

  Our main goal is to evaluate the performance of our marketing campaigns.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to evaluate the work performance of him.

  ✓ We need to evaluate his performance.

  Non-native speakers often translate literally from languages that use 'performance of [person]' instead of using possessive adjectives like 'his,' 'her,' or 'their' performance.

• ✗ The boss will make an evaluation of performance for us.

  ✓ The boss will evaluate our performance.

  Using 'make an evaluation of performance' is wordy and unnatural. It is much better to use 'evaluate' as a direct verb.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The HR team will ___ of all department heads next week.

  💡 Assess how well they are doing their jobs.

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  evaluate performance

• We use key metrics to ___ of our sales team.

  💡 To judge the work quality of.

  Show answer

  evaluate the performance