Performance Reviews (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

Master the art of growing your employees through effective performance reviews.

Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations are critical to your employees' development, allowing you to formally communicate with them about their accomplishments relative to their goals. Performance Reviews guides you through the basics. You’ll learn to:

• Gather and analyze the right information
• Document your assessment
• Address performance problems
• Set challenging goals

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