[Performance] How do you handle a manager who writes overly emotional documentation?

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I would coach the manager to separate their frustration from the record. Emotional documentation usually weakens credibility because it makes the document sound reactive instead of factual. It also tends to overstate conclusions without showing the observations that would support them.

So I would help the manager rewrite the record around...

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