We tend to make a lot of assumptions about the people we are speaking with, and the tension that can sometimes surround the performance appraisal process adds additional interference. Supervisors assume they have interpreted their employee’s comments correctly, and they assume that they are correctly interpreting the information they have gathered during the PA process. They can also assume that others understand perfectly what they, as supervisors, are trying to say.

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