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Performance management

Performance management

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Performance management

(upbeat music) - Performance reviews, dun dun dun! - Oh come on, they're not that bad. - Well, they don't have to be, but performance reviews do have a track record of making both parties feel anxious. - They do. - They do, but and even if they're positive, we read so much about performance reviews and attach so much weight to them, it's hard not to be nervous, even if you're the one doing the review. - And part of reducing that anxiety is this. Performance reviews should never be a surprise, both in the sense that they occur and in the content. This is not the time to give someone positive or negative feedback for the first time. - That's right, you should be giving consistent feedback all along, so that the performance review is simply a summary of what they're already hearing. That will reduce the anxiety, especially if it's positive. And a positive performance review is pretty straightforward and it just follows…

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