Leadership Freak

JANUARY 12, 2012

** Every performance review I ever had was a colossal waste of time. Performance reviews are like Santa Clause, they don’t really deliver. The dust laying on yours indicates it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 21, 2013

By Sharon Armstrong Most all managers and leaders do performance reviews, and most don’t look forward to them. Books Developing Others Leadership Learning coaching performance reviews' Books Developing Others Leadership Learning coaching performance reviews'

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

See Also: The Manager Squeeze: How the New Workplace is Testing Team Leaders Step 2: Help Them See Your Genius (Without a Neon Sign) Your work is valuable. Get clarity now, so that when the time comes for performance reviews, you know youre aligned. The key is aligning your work with their worries.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This is the time of year when a lot of the leaders I work with are buckling down to write up annual performance reviews for the people on their team. This is a process that almost no one enjoys – neither the reviewer or the reviewee. Seriously, do you know anyone in any role who looks forward to an annual performance review?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Her performance reviews are always solid, but never outstanding. […] The post 8 Questions You Should Ask Your Boss appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Authenticity Communication confidence grow your career boss boss relationship manager questions questions you should ask your boss supervisor'

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Every year, more and more organizations are ditching annual performance reviews. Think back over the process for annual reviews and how much time and effort they take—preparing the reviews, discussing them, writing them up, sending them through approvals. How to Succeed as A New Leader. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

For many people, performance reviews seem like rather soulless exercises driven by organizational imperatives. Designed to measure performance in order to determine whether employees have met their goals and thus have contributed to the organization’s results, they are usually highly structured, formulaic, and data-oriented.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 28, 2014

I''ve recently started writing for About.com as their new Management "Guide" or expert. Here''s a new article that I just posted at About that you may like: The Top 10 Performance Appraisal Blunders a Manager can Make. About.com management performance appraisals performance management performance reviews'

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest post from John Mattone: The fundamental belief underlying Positive Performance Management (PPM) is this: Leaders and their employees must strive to make performance reviews complete, honest, and timely. The Ten Elements of Positive Performance Management. teammates, coworkers, subordinates, etc.)

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Performance reviews are an essential tool in giving employee feedback and determining areas of improvement and excellence. . No manager actually enjoys doing performance reviews. When it comes to evaluating job performance, there’s no template and there is no one size fits all formula.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

For a number of my executive coaching clients, it’s the time of year when they’re wrapping up annual performance review conversations. Whether they’re part of an annual cycle, or much more useful, a timely pull-up on recent performance, performance management conversations are a fact of corporate life.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2024

Employee performance reviews are a crucial part of managing a team effectively. They provide an opportunity for both managers and employees to reflect on past performance, set goals for the future, and align expectations. Set Clear Objectives : Define specific objectives for the performance review meeting.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

We understand that these senior leaders must thrive under pressure, manage multiple critical initiatives, and ensure alignment with broader corporate goals. A holistic performance review provides a clear lens through which organizations can gauge the effectiveness of their new leader.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 24, 2015

The annual employee performance review is an essential human resource process for documenting how well an employee performed throughout the year, an opportunity to provide feedback to the employee, and serves as a springboard for setting performance and development objectives for the coming year.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 6, 2015

Everyone hates performance reviews for three reasons that we just need to accept. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out why and how: Why We Hate Performance Reviews and How to Improve Them.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Performance reviews are essential for organizations because they help measure workforce productivity, identify gaps, and address them to get things on track. Let us share a few performance review strategies to boost employee retention. Ideally, your performance reviews should be constructive rather than negative.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 18, 2015

For Executives Leadership Development Team Manager Skills Executive Leadership Leadership Leadership Skills Development Performance Reviews' . …more than half the executives questioned (58%) believe that their current […].

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Employees need some kind of validation on their performance within an organization. As a manager, you have to give constructive feedback and this is easier when you have a list of performance review examples to guide you. What is a performance review phrase? Importance of using performance review phrases.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 25, 2015

The annual employee performance review is an important opportunity to get feedback from your manager in order to make sure your performance is meeting expectations and to learn what you need to do to improve. career advice performance appraisals performance review process'

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Tony Mayo

DECEMBER 24, 2013

But I also want to review you along the way, I want you to tell me how you’re getting those results and I want you to review all these processes and everything else.” For Executives Delegation Micro-Managers Performance Reviews' ” And what that does is, it turns experts […].

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

I don’t like performance reviews. Here are three thumbnail cases against performance reviews that you should find terrifying. Argument 1: Performance reviews can put off for up to a year what needs attention now Performance reviews can be a passive-aggressive haven for managers afraid to lead in the present.

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HR Digest

APRIL 3, 2022

If you got a bad performance review , do not panic. A bad performance review is an opinion of your boss that can be subjective, and this might not be the real evaluation of your work. What if you got a bad performance review once! Relax and find ways to improve your performance at work. Calm down .

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2024

Revamping the traditional performance review process is not just a shift in strategy, but a transformation in the corporate ethos. In an era where agility and adaptability are paramount, the traditional annual performance review seems as antiquated as a dial-up internet connection in the age of high-speed broadband.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 19, 2013

Choose them wisely, and keep them to a small and manageable number. 6) Performance reviews are not “ have to dos ” but “ want to dos ” – Interactions between leader and teammate regarding performance should be an ongoing open dialogue, not a process driven, obligatory drudgery. They should be welcomed, not feared.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2018

And then in the middle of an otherwise raving performance review, your boss brings up the conflict you continue to have with another […]. The post Coworker Conflict: 7 Ways to Get Along with Other High Performers appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. You’re working hard and your results are on fire.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Or those employees you see only once or twice a year in performance reviews? Mary is a speaker, coach, trainer and consultant specializing in helping managers learn what it is to be truly empowered so they can model empowerment to their employees. Meet your secret workforce. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In preparation for these meetings, review the organizational chart, form a cursory understanding of their roles and projects, and read their last performance review and résumé, if they’re on your team. Share this information with your manager as a head start to your performance review. 2) What motivates you?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 3, 2023

among many others, published a list of performance review horror stories from unhappy employees and it is hard not to wince at these experiences. Finding the right things to say in a performance review can be difficult, both for the reviewer and the employee, but it is undeniably important for everyone to try and get it right.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 24, 2016

In his latest book, Under New Management , David Burkus challenges a number of conventional business practices. These practices include, but are not limited to: the “customer first” mentality, non-compete agreements, email, standard vacation policy, office design, annual performance appraisals, and even the need for managers.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Over 20 years ago, I had a manager whose presence was an instant energy booster. Sometimes, he'd spontaneously invite us to sit in on a meeting with upper management, giving us a glimpse into high-level decision-making. Traditional management theory often centers around stability, predictability, and standardization.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Managers no longer try to have a conversation with their people. Imagine that you have to deliver a poor performance review to one of your team members or have to ask one of your best team members to resign since his role has become redundant. ” – Mark Twain. It is not proper to do this with an email or WhatsApp.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 22, 2014

"Performance feedback and coaching shouldn’t just happen once a year during a formal performance review. Read Beth Armknecht Miller''s guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

APRIL 9, 2019

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of meeting some pretty awesome managers who are also awesome leaders. But the difference between these really smart and driven managers and those that are operating in a less-then-optimal way is that they also do things that aren’t in their job description. They need to hear it from you.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2019

His employer went through substantial changes during the year—new ownership, new management team, new way of leading—and now wants leaders who are multi-dimensional. To Darryl, his year-end performance review was a disaster. His boss used the word too in describing Darryl’s performance. His takeaway? That takes emotion.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Considerations for Organizations and C-suite Managers In light of these trends, organizations should carefully consider the optimal tenure for their C-suite executives. Succession Planning is Becoming More Crucial A study published in the Strategic Management Journal explored the impact of CEO succession on firm performance.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 11, 2014

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Giving feedback can be difficult, especially when it’s to a friend who you’re now managing, or to an older colleague, or even a colleague that you’ve never had this sort of relationship with before. So in this episode of Remarkable TV, I’m sharing the biggest secret to giving better feedback. Check it out here.

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