Appraisal – an utter waste of time or an important conversation?

No one ever said, “I can’t wait for my appraisal!”

Well maybe us in our formative years, but as a general rule you tended to hear – from a manager – “best I tick that one off my list for another year” or, from an employee – “I’m quite interested in knowing how I’m doing, but the process is pretty torturous!”