Podcast: Level-up Engineering (LS 32 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: Performance Review: Build Your Process and Master Feedback Delivery
Pub date: 2021-08-25

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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