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  Appraisals shouldn't trigger fear and anxiety in people. Managers and Sub-ordinates alike.  People are left scared as  well as scarred by Appraisals.  Managers & Sub-ordinates alike.  Appraisals have a purpose to serve  but most of us are doing a bad job at it.  Managers as well as their team members  dread the appraisal talk as it is seen  as conflict & confrontation.  Managers think they need to justify  the rating they have given while  the team members need to  justify their self-appraisal.  It is seen as a win-lose game,  where one need to convince the  other while holding a divergent view.  Rarely is there an alignment between  the manager and the poor team member  (blessed and lucky are the ones who have)  Appraisals need to change so that they actually serve the purpose.  Some thoughts …  1. Managers need to be educated, trained and sensitized about how to go about conducting the appraisal and preparing for it (which is not a few days effort but an entire year lon

  Layoffs are a Double-Whammy  BUT You are the Hero of Your own Movie,  and the Director too.  Layoffs are a  Double-Whammy! You not only lose a job,  but you are losing the job  at a time when market is bad.  Many companies are laying off  and hardly anyone is recruiting.  You are searching for the new job, and so are thousands of job seekers,  creating an imbalance in demand-supply.  Very little demand and high supply means  that there are others ready to take that job  at a lower salary for the sake of their survival.  This increases the chances of not clearing the  job interviews even when you were very good.  And leads to 'learned helplessness' (youtube it). And you have all the time in the world to worry,  to ruminate, blame & question your capability and to allow imposter syndrome to take root and grow.  The same can happen even without losing your Job.  You can go through similar cycle of lowered sense  of self-esteem and self-confidence when  you miss a promotion o