Tear Off the Rearview Mirror

Add forward-looking, goals-based coaching to performance management.

Utter the words performance review in the workplace, and what do you get? I recently polled individuals in my LinkedIn network and asked them what words first come to mind when they think of performance reviews. Responses ranged from outdated and archaic to useless and stress-inducing.

A 2019 Gallup study supports my findings: Fifty-five percent of employees feel that performance reviews do not improve their performance, 30 per