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6 performance review questions about teamwork
8 performance review questions about the manager-employee relationship
5 performance review questions about strengths
If you’ve stumbled across this post, you’ve hit it. It’s performance review season.
Some organizations — like BetterUp — have ongoing, regular career conversations throughout the year. Other organizations may have performance reviews a couple of times during the year with touchpoints in between. Still, other companies may still be on a traditional annual performance review cycle.
Regardless of how your company conducts performance reviews, there’s one thing all organizations need. Great performance review questions.
So, as a hiring manager, where do you start? What questions do you ask your individual contributors or direct reports?
Well, for starters, let’s think about the goal of a performance review. Sure, it can feel like the adult version of a report card. But when I really think about the purpose, performance reviews are meant to help tap into areas of opportunity, areas of potential.
It’s meant to help your employees grow, develop, and flourish in their roles. It’s meant to prompt reflection. It’s meant to be used as a tool to better ourselves — and our organizations. After all, we all have room to grow.
With BetterUp, you can identify the strengths, talents, and potential within your workforce. It all starts with asking the right questions.
We’ve broken down our favorite performance review questions into categories. Below you’ll find questions to help guide you as a manager through how your employees work together as well as work with you. You’ll also find questions about strengths and areas of potential growth.
The performance review process is no easy feat. It’s a new muscle to exercise, especially if you’re new to being a manager. Before you let your employees just into their employee review questions, use these eight tips to help prepare.
Before you go into your next performance review, keep these 13 best questions handy.
Your employees’ performance reviews matter more than you may think. It’s a way to tap into and capitalize on employee strengths. It’s a mechanism to help increase employee engagement. It’s a conversation that can often catapult your employees into the next phase of their professional development. Ultimately, it's the stepping stone to help them get to the next level in their career.
But performance reviews can be tricky. Sometimes, feedback can feel uncomfortable. Or, as a manager, you might not know how to approach the conversation to reach desired outcomes. Developing teams is harder than it looks.
With BetterUp, your workforce can seamlessly navigate the employee performance review process. A coach can help with your leaders one-on-one to ensure they’re tapping into the potential of their direct reports. Together, with virtual coaching, we can help your people thrive and grow.
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Madeline is a writer, communicator, and storyteller who is passionate about using words to help drive positive change. She holds a bachelor's in English Creative Writing and Communication Studies and lives in Denver, Colorado. In her spare time, she's usually somewhere outside (preferably in the mountains) — and enjoys poetry and fiction.
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