Human CI Newsletter - Annual Reviews: What Are They Good For?
April 2025
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If you have ever been a part of corporate America you are likely all too familiar with the painful experience of the annual employee review cycle. Providing peer and manager feedback, writing employee evaluations, stressing about your own performance rating, and going through the thunderdome-like calibration process; it’s more than just a time suck, it’s an emotional rollercoaster. We’ve been doing this antiquated, sorry, "traditional" and wasteful process…Continue Reading
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Annual Performance Reviews Ruin Everything
There is hardly an area of work, psychological safety, growth, collaboration or equity that annual performance reviews don’t undermine. Think I’m exaggerating? Have I got a (long) post for you….Continue Reading
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Annual performance evaluations are a reality for most professional workers. While we may question their value, we still have to buckle down and write self-evaluations at the end of the year. Here are 3 strategies we use…Continue Reading
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