Evaluations

Well today was an interesting day in bossdom for me.  I got to do my first evaluations and the irony is, at the store I work for I did the evaluations for the woman who trained me and the the girl that replaced me.  This is interesting because it really goes to show you the importance of treating everyone right despite yours or their status.  The woman that trained me was good to me and I'm glad she was because it does not bias my bossing, now that I'm in charge.  It's just kinda ironic and odd going from the trainee to the boss over the last half a decade.  Especially since I was not a part of the company, this ended up being a company my employer absorbed.   
About evals though.  They are tough.  It's really hard for me to think of negative things about my employees in the first place but then to think of them, and then direct them in how to better fix the problem. Conversely it's difficult to praise them without indicating they have "arrived" because no one has ever arrived, life is a series of constant improvements.