Unpopular opinion: I like a performance review!!!
I mean when else prompts you to take some time out to look at your own performance and do some self-analysis about what has gone well and what you need to work on.
I think we get so wrapped up in the day to day, sometimes it's nice to reflect on what you have achieved. As humans, we focus on what's going wrong far too much. It's nice to take a bit of time to stop, refocus and revitalise.
Take sales, for example. It's not always a bed of roses as I am sure anyone in sales will tell you. You have a particularly tough month where due to a couple of factors, things just don't go your way and it may seem all doom and gloom, but when you stop and analyse what you have done, you might see that actually you may have achieved in other areas. You may have made a new relationship or developed a new approach that has had some success and that is just as important as the bottom line - £££.
It's not about how you act when you're doing well, its how you act when you're not.
And likewise, its an opportunity for you to give feedback to your manager, team leader, bossman/woman and ask for what YOU need from them. Not to mention setting goals and making a plan for the next review to make sure you are both aligned!
Whilst I will agree an annual review seems a long time to go without feedback and a monthly meeting is needed, I think that a more in-depth review to go over the year is motivating to then help plan the next year.
What do you think? To review or not to review?
Is it time to put annual performance reviews to bed? Elizabeth Uviebinene writes in the Financial Times that they are "hugely outdated" sources of stress and anxiety. The once-a-year approach typically doesn't work well with millennial and Generation Z workers who prefer real-time feedback, she notes, adding they can often be executed in arbitrary or inconsistent ways that can lead to bias and discrimination. Conversations that provide guidance for the future, rather than focus on detailing the past year, may be more helpful.
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