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From Performance Management - McGraw-Hill, by Robert Bacal, p.
82

Choose the best combinations of methods for communicating
about performance. Begin by answering these two questions:

"What information do I need to do my job (as manager) and when
do I need it?" and

"What information do my employees need to do their jobs and
when do they need it?"

To promote an open nonthreatening climate, explain the reasons
for ongoing communication about performance and invite staff to
suggest useful and efficient ways of doing so.

Aim all communication at identifying and solving problems, not
blaming.