Delivering the Performance Review - Part 1

Once again, dead on topic! The

Once again, dead on topic! The Rating/Results/Ramifications approach is in line with other common Performance Assessment programs, but simplifies the process to it's core elements. Great job once again, gentlemen!

Here's an alternative "R" to replace Ramifications if you don't like the term (it doesn't strike me as being positive enough):

Realization - basically, after you have provided the rating and discussed where they are, you will be talking about how you plan to help them get to the next level (whatever that is). In essence, you are helping them realize the growth opportunity.

Keep up the awesome work!

Kevin Williams
Host
Middle Management Lobotomy Podcast
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One other thing. It would be great if

One other thing. It would be great if key bulleted points (such as steps to perform a process, agenda for performance review meetings, etc.) could be listed in the show notes. I usually listen while driving, exercising, doing work around the house, etc. and don't have a pen handy to jot down the information. It would be MUCH easier if I could simply go to the show notes and print off the key reminders...

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin, Good points ... thanks! I

Kevin,

Good points ... thanks! I agree, there is certainly a need for more comprehensive show notes to augment the audio. Mark and I have been thinking lately that getting transcriptions completed of each show would serve a real need. Unfortunately (as you know), there's a cost involved that we haven't yet figured out. Perhaps I need to poll folks and find out if the cost of transcripts is something that folks would be willing to contribute towards. In the mean time, I agree that more robust show notes would help. I'll work on that.

regards,
Michael

Hi, I have gone through alot of your

Hi,
I have gone through alot of your podcasts now and this is one that I really like alot. I have been a sales manager in Sweden for four years, really no training in the discipline but have been trying to do my best regarding yearly reviews. The thing is I used a template developed by the Swedish division of HP and it actually took 2-3 hrs to complete. Now I have 22 direct reports (way to many in my opinion) and needed a new approach and I am using your advise and really hope for success, for my team and for me.
I really want to thank you for putting all this together, it is truly inspiring, I listen to it alot and it really is a great coach for me, something my manager will never be, because he is to busy trying to control everything himself, including half of my job! :-) So, thanks again and I really appreciate what you do!

Regards
Jonas

Jonas- Thank you for your kind

Jonas-

Thank you for your kind remarks! It's for people like you that we started Manager Tools, e.g., "really no training in the discipline." We've developed these tools over the years to make our management lives easier, and now we're glad to be sharing them with you.

It's a privilege to serve you!

Mark

I know this has been out in the ether

I know this has been out in the ether for some time but have been boning up as I'm preparing to deliver performance reviews with my team in the next two weeks.

One of them in particular will be a difficult one (bad rating) and gave much thought about providing him with my write-up a day in advance per the discussion here in the podcast.

I've not seen that tactic used at my company and it's a very big one with a well defined form and process for documenting business results. On the flip side they don't do alot to lay out _how_ it should be delivered. When I approached my HR partner, peer mangers, and upline nobody had personally delivered a review in writing ahead of the actual meeting and one peer who had a prior manager that did such a thing didn't appreciate it.

Even though I polled a number of people with many years of combined experience, it's a relatively small sample size I was wondering if anyone in the larger community has switched from an approach where the manager write-up is presented at the time of the appraisal meeting versus delivering it a day early? Specifically I was wondering if someone had stories good, bad, or otherwise about the switchover. I'm still debating whether or not to buck the trend at my company.

Thanks!
Mike

Mike- I've done this at maybe 20

Mike-

I've done this at maybe 20 companies over 15 years. I would guess that 2,000 managers personally changed based on my recommendation, and have never heard a single bad comment. This is one of the most singularly well received ideas I've ever recommended.

Mark

Mark, I appreciate the feedback. I

Mark,

I appreciate the feedback. I didn't mention this before but this is my first management assignment so am learning lots of new things over the last year.

So far I've very much enjoyed the podcasts and look forward to future installments. I've also been impressed with your attentiveness to the discussion threads - especially the older ones :-)

Thanks!
Mike

Mike, Maybe this is a thing you can

Mike,

Maybe this is a thing you can grow into, getting more confident.

First couple of times –being young- you don’t give them out in advance. Getting more confident, knowing that giving them out in advance will get you on a higher level of being a MT-manager, you will try it, and your conversations will be at a higher level.

Kaspar

Thanks Kaspar, One thing I was

Thanks Kaspar,

One thing I was thinking of doing was benchmarking this with two other (and easier) reviews this week. For example, give one out in advance and do one "on-the-fly" and compare results. A little self assessment after that would give me a better feel for things to look out for in coming discussions.

-Mike

I would absolutely contribute to the

I would absolutely contribute to the cost of podcast transcripts. As a commute-listener, these would be invaluable.

Another thought, the podcast notes might have the time listed next to the items on the outline.

Thanks for all the work you guys put into this. I'm looking forward to the conference.
- Tim

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Mark

Mike I have been listening since 2005

Mike
I have been listening since 2005 and have all your older podcasts on my PC at home. I just started using itunes at work for your podcasts and sharing your adivice with others. When I went to subscribe to Manager Tools for my work PC I don't see all the older podcasts any more. Where can I download those podcast from. I can search your sight individually but i would really like to download all them at one time. Also I want them to be in itunes podcast area and not downloaded as music.

Help

mikemac@mclendons.com

Mike, Easy ... see here for details:

Mike,

Easy ... see here for details: http://www.manager-tools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=799

Mike

Performance Review Power

Hi Guys,

I used the sample memo to complete my mid year reviews and the response from my team has been nothing short of exceptional. We had a really good frank discussion in the reviews and they had really thought about the questions and I now feel that we have some solid ground to build on.

Many thanks to you for this.

Nick