Updating Job Descriptions

You must supplement job descriptions with regularly negotiated goals and developmental opportunities, at a minimum, quarterly, preferably monthly. This requires the employee to meet with the boss or the team to establish the next set of specific, measurable objectives. This meeting must also be realistic. If the employee receives new goals and is still responsible for every task listed on the original job descriptions, this is unfair. Especially, if the goals and job accomplishments are tied to salary or bonus, you must take a look at where the employee is investing his time. If the job descriptions provide a wrong picture, change the job descriptions.