Employee evaluations can make us all cringe. Whether you're on the giving or receiving end, it's easy to view evaluations as a time-consuming nuisance, a pre-raise formality, even a source of conflict and bitterness. But what if instead of dreading the process, you cherished it as a chance to devote your undivided attention to discussing goals and exchanging views on how staff and center can better serve one another? As you'll see in these six tips for making employee evaluations time well spent, it's all a matter of perception.