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Performance Review: How to respond to frustrating or lazy performance feedback

Let's Grow Leaders

Speak Up to Get Better Feedback in Your Next Performance Review. A few years ago, I wrote “Avoid These Infuriating Phrases in End-of-Year Feedback” to encourage managers to stop making stupid comments when giving a performance review. How to Respond to the Most Infuriating Kind of Performance Review.

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The Power of Documentation in the Workplace

Eat Your Career

As a passionate writer, a naturally forgetful person, and a self-confessed control freak, I have always believed in the power of documentation, especially in the workplace. Documentation is a vital tool for enhancing productivity, accountability, transparency, and (most importantly) peace of mind.

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A Better Way to Address Performance Issues

Let's Grow Leaders

“Will or skill” is an insufficient question when addressing performance issues. I wonder how long I have to document all this before I can fire her? The next time you’re dealing with a performance management problem, try starting with the lens of confidence and competence. They train, coach, or assign a buddy.

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4 Secrets to a Successful Performance Improvement Conversation

Let's Grow Leaders

You sit down for an earnest performance improvement conversation. Center Your Performance Improvement Conversation Around These Four Components. Center Your Performance Improvement Conversation Around These Four Components. If not, cross your t’s and dot your i’s on your performance documentation.)

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3 Ways to Prepare for a Better Performance Review

Let's Grow Leaders

As I sat on the beach sipping my chardonnay, I vowed to never blow off preparing for a performance review again. Give it a try as you prepare for your own performance review, or share with your team to help them prepare for their meeting with you. 3 Ways to Prepare For a Better Performance Review. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers.

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How Did Leadership and Culture Improve on the North Pole?

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The North Pole used to be a very different place… Nearly sixty years ago, the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer television show documented the poor leadership and culture at the North Pole. Santa, Donner, and the head elf had created and took part in a toxic culture of ridicule that led to poor performance. Performance soared.

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How to Lead When Your Team Lacks a Sense of Urgency

Let's Grow Leaders

For example, in a particular role, you might have categories like: document accounts, respond to inquiries, and complete research for proposals. When it doesn’t happen, it’s time for a performance conversation. When you first establish new timeframes, you may have to reinforce them with a couple of performance conversations.