How To Make Year-End Performance Appraisals A Constructive, Not Demotivating, Event

How To Make Year-End Performance Appraisals A Constructive, Not Demotivating, Event: It's that time of year again.  The time in the business world where managers and employees face, often with anxiety, year-end performance appraisals.  The managerial challenge?  How to make these evaluations a candid and constructive but not demotivating event.