Many are good. Some are superior. And a few--just a few--are exceptional. Here's how to tell the difference.
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Great article by Jeff Haden. His point about the characteristics of an exceptional employee not appearing on the performance evaluation - it should be on there. I do agree with his point about proactivity and initiative - this is the number ONE stand-out trait of high performers.
Jeff claims these high performers can turn on and off their unusual personalities easily - that they can "self-moderate", or to use an overworked term, they have high emotional intelligence.
My experience has been that most of these high flying star employees can't self-moderate and typically have low emotional intelligence. Many times the team is forced to tolerate their behavior (which is a direct conflict with the culture) because the boss is in love with their performance and blind to the chaos they create on the team (or perhaps the boss likes the idea that the employee is their surrogate for shaking things up. Either way, having this lone ranger on the team is not only dysfunctional, but many good employees will not put up with it.