Paul Falcone, a human resources executive in Los Angeles and author of 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews and The Performance Appraisal Tool Kit, has more concrete advice to offer.

FORBES: How To Ace Your Performance Review

Effective communication and collaboration helps companies attract prospective hires, establish numbers-driven performance reviews, give employees a sense of how they can grow their careers, and so on.

FORBES: HR Starts With Communications And Collaboration