Have you been Reviewed lately???

"Let's get together tomorrow for your "review!!" No word conjures worse fears than the annual "review." Most of these rituals only further the bureaucracy and fail to improve the performance.

FEEDBACK – What is it good for???

Feedback is absolutely essential for real growth. A process which connects people to real feedback should be an integral "part" of the "way we work." It should guage the effectiveness of both "What we do" and "How we do it."

Success Dialogue©

While the principles of feedback are simple and basic, execution is not. Real change begins with the elimination of antiquated performance reviews.

Instead build a process which connects the right people and requires them to review and own each other's performance. A Dialogue between people that is direct, focused, clear, specific and geared for Success – We call this a Success Dialogue©.

In a Success Dialogue we share the information, biases, thoughts, presumptions, history, vision, and point of view "openly" and listen just as openly.

Don't mistake this as something soft – a way to ignore

and gloss over negative behaviors or lack of results. Success Dialogue© relies on "real" feedback. in ways that bring balance and action. Information that is offensive, threatening, negative, or even mean spirited, has probably already been shared with everyone except the person who desperately needs it. Keeping such non-PC (politically correct) feedback from people prevents them from facing the consequences of their performance and behaviors.

Elements of an Effective Success Dialogue©

Success Dialogue© depends on several key process elements:

Interdependent Grouping – connect the right people – those who are share a stake in each other's success.

Agreed Criteria – build the assessment criteria together.

Public – Feedback in the group must be live, not secret.

Balanced – insure multiple points of observation.

Connected to Consequences– face and understand actual, real consequences, both positive and negative.

Process – stay connected over time – not just this time.

Are we ready for Success Dialogue

Success Dialogue is a major departure from traditional performance reviews. HR looses some "control" in favor of a dynamic process that truly "involves" people. When you are ready to stop wasting time "reviewing people" – you may be ready to build a Success Dialogue with them for the future.