Don’t Let Your Manager Sell You Short
This week we published the second episode “End of Year Review Best Practices”. Last week was all about understand how to get started and your company. This week is all about getting prepared. We discuss a lot about the warning signs managers give their employees and this week’s article will help you see the pitfalls managers fall into. The article 10 Pitfalls that will Turn any Annual Review Sideways is a great list managers should avoid.
This is also a great list for you to review and make sure your manager doesn’t do them! It simple isn’t fair to you and won’t give you the ability to grow with that company or that manager. Here is a list of those 10 pitfalls, read the full article for more detail.
1. Openly comparing employees against their peers.
2. Critiquing personality traits.
3. Harping on past mistakes.
4. Dwelling on isolated incidents.
5. Providing overly positive feedback for fear of confrontation.
6. Not listening or interrupting the employee.
7. Using leading questions.
8. Using feelings, opinions, or impressions.
9. Solving the employee’s problem for them.
10. Having shallow conversations.
Don’t let your manager sell you short on your performance or your performance review. Listen to the End of Year Review Best Practices series now on your favorite Podcast app. Click the button below…