Fearless Performance Reviews: Coaching Conversations that Turn Every Employee into a Star Player

CHAPTER13LAYING DOWN THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS

“If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.”

—Laurence J. Peter, author of The Peter Principle

The date for conducting the performance coaching conversation is on the horizon, and it’s time that you started pulling your thoughts together. Based upon a reading of this book you’ve consciously moved away from the fear-inducing my-way mindset and toward the collaborative mindset to ensure that you have the right mental model for understanding the employee’s performance level. You have also gained a better understanding of the purpose of the review within the larger context of the great performance management cycle. And finally you have a clearer understanding ...