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How to Make Your Performance Review Process Suck Less

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This is a process that almost no one enjoys – neither the reviewer or the reviewee. There are a lot of reasons why annual performance review processes usually suck. Third, in many organizations, the annual review process is directly tied to the compensation process. Here are three. First, they’re annual.

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How to Get Your Team the Recognition They Deserve

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In the absence of a thoughtful and methodical process for sharing what your team is contributing to achieving results, many senior executives simply have too much on their radar screens to notice and acknowledge the good work that’s being accomplished. As she told me, the process ends up “being a virtuous circle.”.

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Three Questions That Lead to Better Meetings

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What’s the Process? As you think about the process you’ll need to run an effective meeting, I suggest starting with getting clear about three more questions: What do you want the people in the meeting to think? so everyone knows what they’re there to accomplish. How do you want them to feel? What do you want them to do?

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How to Coach Your Team to High Performance

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It’s a simple but highly effective process that any leader can and should use to coach their team to high performance. The consistency of his process drives the process that leads to high performance. He’s developed a process for himself that models many of the best practices of effective coaching.

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Ten Questions to Keep You on Track This Year

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While the process varies and is customized for each executive, there are some core questions that I almost always pose. Over the years, they’ve proven to be useful in helping leaders align their time and attention against the outcomes that matter most.

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How to Coach a Colleague Who’s Stuck in Their Story

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Here’s the five-step process I’ve used with my clients who need that kind of support. When you hear them saying, “It should be like this,” or “They shouldn’t be doing that,” you can interrupt the thought process that has them stuck by asking them to describe what actually is going on. That’s reality or at least their version of it.

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Are You the Traffic Controller or Traffic Enabler?

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Processes and systems that keep communication flowing and that keep people focused on the moving the metrics that matter. Hiring and performance management processes that reward team players who take accountability for delivering on their scope. A leadership team that understands their roles and supports each other’s success.