Performance Review: Build Your Process and Master Feedback Delivery

Level-up Engineering

Interview with Lara Hogan, legendary leadership coach and former engineering leader about building a performance review process. Lara goes into detail about building a process from the bottom up and takes a deep dive into synthesizing and delivering feedback to your direct reports for maximum effectiveness.

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In this interview we're covering:

• Definition of performance reviews
• Steps of a performance review process
• Preparation tips for giving and receiving feedback
• Rules to giving feedback based on a performance review
• Sharpening your skills in giving feedback
• Supporting your team to give feedback

Excerpt from the interview:

"You want to make a performance review discussion a two-way conversation.

I’ve seen people say that you should end your feedback with a request like, “Could you pick up more tickets, please?” I consider this a terrible way to deliver feedback that shuts down any chance of a conversation.

Leading questions may serve you well in a toxic situation, or when working out a performance improvement plan. When it comes to delivering constructive criticism in a regular performance review, make it a two-way conversation. This is the best you can do for everybody."

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