Attention to Detail: 40 Useful Performance Feedback Phrases

Attention to Detail: Use these sample phrases to craft meaningful performance evaluations, drive change and motivate your workforce.

Attention to Detail is the capacity to achieve a thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task.

Attention to Detail: Exceeds Expectations Phrases

Shows keenness while exploring the issue or topic at hand as well as issues surrounding it and reasons behind it
Has a proactive attitude that focuses on creating ideas for handling daily tasks or correcting issues
Is patient and determined to explore a problem and its cause until a proper reasoning has been reached so that it can be resolved accurately
Is highly organized; plans effectively in order to avoid confusion when running different projects or performing tasks
Limits distractions by trying to work in an area that is conducive to focus and concentrate
Maintains a schedule; sets aside a certain amount of time and to devote to specific tasks and projects
Avoids overloading oneself with last minute deadlines and large simultaneous projects
Accurately analyzes and prioritizes details and catches details missed by other colleagues
Keeps a project checklist that covers all the details that might be missed
Takes thoroughness to a new level and energizes other colleagues to work carefully

Takes time to research and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of competing companies
Examines technical charts for errors and reviews documents for compliance with established standards
Uses day planners, calendars, highlighters, project planning software, resource management software and any other program created to help one stay organized
Uses different marketing tools such as online survey tools to discover clients' needs
Employs trusted colleagues to look over one's work and offers them the same courtesy
Takes short breaks in order to give one a fresh perspective and stay focused throughout the day
Reviews work carefully for completeness, accuracy, and mistakes before sending it out
Performs repetitious or routine tasks with attention and care and follows the required procedures to ensure all parts of the tasks are complete
Creates a detailed work plan that outlines each key job functions and uses it as a guide when one gets distracted or interrupted
Plays focus enhancing games that help sharpen one's memory and problem-solving skills

Has difficulty managing and organizing different tasks, thus, produces unreliable output frequently
Frequently forgets one's task and projects and loses track of details on how and when everything needs to come together
Easily gets distracted when colleagues talk or phone rings while handling a task thus forgets important details
Does not give one's brain time to relax; always hops from one project to the other without considering taking some rest
Does not ask for a project's feedback from colleagues before handing it in
Has difficulty sticking to own schedule and always keeps on altering it in order to follow a specific rhythm
Tends to overlook projects' requirements thus consistently produces documentation that is not reliable
Is too tolerant of errors and always falls short of the mark in terms of accuracy and quality
Sometimes makes errors that lead to significant problems for the company and other employees
Sees the big picture, and overlooks the small picture; focuses on the major points and ignores most others

What techniques do you use to make sure you have the right information about a certain project?
Is there a time you identified an error that had been overlooked by a colleague? What did you do to fix it?
Describe a time when you were confused by a client's request. What process did you use to clarify things?
Have you been in a situation where you had an option to leave the details to others or take care of the details yourself? What did you do?
Do you prefer to work with the "details" or the "big picture" of a situation?
Are there times you have had difficult experiences working with details at work? How did you go about that?
Are there times you have made huge mistakes due to not paying attention to details? What happened?
What tools/techniques do you use to check your work? Why do you use these tools/techniques?
Can you describe a time when you were able to produce quality work when under pressure? How did you go about ensuring the quality of your work?
Have you ever needed to persuade your supervisor or someone above you that they had made a mistake? How did the situation turn out?

Details EMPLOYEEPEDIA 23 July 2017