Assessing Your Own Experience

• Have you set up regular 1-1s with your direct reports?
• When was the last time you talked to your reports about their career development? If it was more than three months ago, can you make sure to put this in your next 1-1s?
• Have you given feedback to your reports in the last week? When was the last time you handed out kudos in front of the team?
• When was the last time someone behaved in a way that needed correction? How long did it take you to give corrective feedback? Did you give the feedback in private, or did you do it in public?
• Have you ever been given a performance review that felt like a waste of time? What was it missing that could have made it more valuable?
• What was the most useful piece of performance feedback you ever got? How was it delivered to you?
• Do you know how the process of promoting people works in your company? If not, can you ask someone to walk you through it?