Any business relies on one essential ingredient and that is people. Although many businesses fail to see "staff" as people, the new generation of businesses know that the key to improved performance lies with improving their staff. Getting the most out of every person in your business is vitally important if you want to grow your business. When you add small incremental improvements across your entire workforce, then the effects can be massive.Staff appraisals are often frowned upon by staff and managers and rightfully so. Many mangers (even today) use the appraisal process as a witch hunt to target employees or to settle personal vendettas. As a matte of fact, the process needs to be the exact opposite.The number one goal of any appraisal process should be growth. Personal growth and business growth comes from this process of measuring where your are currently against where you want to be in the future. It gives direction to a business and a sense of purpose to your staff.People have the need to feel heard and that their opinion matters. A review process allows each and every person in your business to have a say and you really need to treat the review as a two way process. Its not just about "criticizing" and measuring the staff member, but its also about the staff member measuring the business and their position in the business.Only when every member of your staff performs at their very best will your business be at maximum efficiency and although it may seem like a pipe dream its really a worthy goal to have as a business. Developing people always pays off. When people feel like they are making a difference and that what they do is important it can boost a lot more than staff morale and business profits.Set an appraisal process in place and use it. Use it to improve your business and use it to measure success, progress and failure. It can be a very powerful tool for any business.Visit my business success website and read more about performance appraisal software and how you can use it to improve performance reviews.