In almost any company of any size, managers do performance reviews. And, as with anything, some managers are better at it than others. Some have biases that they can’t get away from such as giving better reviews to people they hired, or that they know socially outside of the office. Nevertheless, almost everyone agrees there is a valid place for performance reviews when they’re done fairly and objectively. In this episode we discuss what goes into a good review.

In a previous podcast on one-on-one meetings with your staff, from December 17 of 2024, we discussed how to manage and conduct one-on-one meetings with the members of your staff. Unfortunately, many managers either downplay the importance of one-on-one meetings or focus only on discussing what the staff member needs to do to successfully complete their jobs. In this episode we expand on what outstanding managers do in discussing other areas that are also important to members of their staff.

In addition to the job performance of their staff members, a wise manager is also concerned with the general and emotional wellbeing of their staff. This may require watching for signs of problems that’re outside of just job performance. By being sensitive to general issues of staff wellbeing, a good manager can often head off performance problems down the road. We discuss how in this episode.