Performance Management: Conducting Performance Reviews

of all, a good per­for­mance review is reg­u­lar. It should take place as often as it needs to but at least once a quar­ter. When­ev­er a man­ag­er and employ­ee need to check in with each oth­er, it should be able to hap­pen quick­ly and eas­i­ly with­out any bureau­cra­cy get­ting in the way. Employ­ees should feel like they can talk to their man­ag­er about their future and address their con­cerns at any point and vice ver­sa. This should ide­al­ly be part of a con­tin­u­ous per­for­mance man­age­ment approach that includes real-time feed­back and near-term goals.