Appraisal 2

I'm pleased to say that my appraisal went far better than I had anticipated. I was still tense and I think that was mutual, but 'puh' and I managed to at least appear to each other to be singing from the same hymn sheet. The targets agreed, though somewhat tight on time, seem achievable and I am hoping there's nothing that I haven't noticed that can come back to bite me on the *ss later...

There is still a contentious issue between us, but I have run out of steam and can't see how to successfully further my cause at present. So overall I rate it a 70% successful event, and given that I always pickl on myself and run down my achievements it's probably a much bigger success than that.

Planning and preparation helped. Paperwork and structure for the meeting helped. Those are my tips for this week.