Performance Review Phrases for Communication Needs Improvement

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Is it performance review time? Do you want to offer constructive feedback on how an employee or manager can improve their communication skills?

Not knowing how to phrase your feedback can be a challenge. The good news is ReviewBuilder has over 3,000 performance review phrases, both positive and negative, to help you word your feedback correctly.

Here are my favorite phrases, from the ReviewBuilder tool, on how a colleague can improve their communication skills:

Performance Review Phrases: Poor or Bad Communication Skills

If your employee, colleague, or manager has unsatisfactory communication skills, these phrases can more precisely describe why their communication skills are lacking:

1. Tends to ramble

2. Takes a long time to make a point

3. Writes with grammatical errors and typos

4. Isn’t aware of others’ body language and cues

5. Unaware of their own body language

6. Mumbles their words

7. Writing always needs significant editing

8. Doesn’t listen

9. Ignores punctuation

10. Uses inappropriate or informal terms and expressions

11. Uses the wrong word choice

12. Writes in a rushed manner

Performance Review Phrases: Needs Improvement

If your employee, colleague, or manager has marginal or slightly below average communication skills, these phrases can pinpoint how they can improve:

1. Uses a writing style that can be difficult to understand

2. Writes or provides too much detail

3. Writing lacks detail and specificity

4. Doesn’t provide enough detail

5. Hasn’t shown interest in becoming a better writer

6. Avoids or procrastinates on projects that require writing

7. Doesn’t listen carefully, affecting communication

8. Uses an informal style for formal written business communications

9. Communicates in an unclear manner

10. Speaks without organizing thoughts first

11. Needs to listen more and talk less

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