Susanna ‘Shoshi’ Rothchild

Reimagining Staff Evaluations

This generation of staff members are more focused on what experiences can do for them, rather than what they can bring to an experience. With this in mind, what happens when we ask staff members to set goals for themselves based on our camp’s mission and values and their own job descriptions, and evaluate them on their success in achieving these goals, instead of using evaluations to tell them what they are doing “right and wrong”? The result is that staff members are more aware of the impact that their role at camp has on their own growth and development, feel more satisfied with their experience, feel more valued by camp leadership teams, and are more likely to return to camp the following summer.

This session will challenge participants to reimagine what staff evaluations can look like, and how evaluations that are rooted in the individual personal and professional goal setting of each of our staff members will allow both supervisors and staff to see evaluations as an opportunity to celebrate growth and skill development, and offer support where staff are lacking. This session will offer practical strategies for reimagining staff evaluations that will lead to an improved staff experience and help to increase staff retention.

About Susanna

Founder of Work With Intent Consulting & Facilitation

is a consultant and facilitator who has 20 years of experience working in the nonprofit, summer camping, and arts sectors. She is passionate about helping organizations become more resilient and further the impact of their work, as well as building strong and supportive workplace cultures that lead to positive employee experiences. She loves working with organizations to help them identify their core values and use these values as a guide in developing strategic plans, programs, and evaluation processes.

Susanna holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University and a master’s in Human Systems Intervention from Concordia University, a program that calls on aspects of organizational development, change management, and organizational leadership. She conducted her thesis research on the correlation between organizational culture, employee engagement, and employee satisfaction in the workplace, and she continues to use this research to help her clients improve their overall organizational culture and employee experience.

Susanna lives in Montreal, Quebec, where she loves taking advantage of the amazing food, theatre, and music that the city has to offer. She considers herself extremely lucky to be able to spend most of her weekends enjoying the great outdoors with her husband and their dog, snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, canoeing, or just relaxing in a hammock. A long time supporter of the arts, Susanna is the proud Vice President of the MainLine Theatre and Montreal Fringe Festival Board of Directors.