Oreo Cookie performance reviews sound like a good idea. When discussing a performance issue with an employee, you NEVER start with the issue itself. Instead you start with a compliment: Hey Monica, the summary report you do at the end of each month is a great way to keep tabs on what you’re accomplishing. Then share the less positive feedback:
From the mouths of babes…
I love it when members present their annual Strategic MAP in a Roundtable meeting. You get an understanding of the forces that shaped the person, the lessons they’ve learned as well as their personal and professional goals. Individuals weave their story throughout their MAP however they choose. Some are done through movies and slideshows, others create poetry and one individual
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy had just one wish, to get back to Kansas. Her journey was interrupted many times, by witches, a scarecrow, a cowardly lion and a tin man. She had to overcome numerous challenges on her quest. But even fields of poppies and flying monkeys could not sidetrack Dorothy.
Picky, picky, picky
Mark saw his bosses’ reaction to his project and knew he was in trouble. “She’s so picky. Why does everything have to be done exactly her way?” Karen, Mark’s boss had the opposite reaction, “Why can’t he just do exactly what I tell him? Why does e have to improvise?” Bosses are usually good at what they do, that’s why