Hi folks this is Mark Horsman and the co-founder of Mannered Tools welcome to another episode of

manager tools and a special episode of that the last of the three annual re-releases of our Hall of Fame cast on performance reviews the

cast you're about to listen to is how to deliver a performance review once you've

prepared it and written it how do you go through the process of communicating it

with your direct? Lots of details here, as always, and we're doing special introductions this year because of COVID and the Anis horribleness that

2020 has turned out to be.

It's pretty difficult for managers as well.

Goals perhaps were thrown out the window or they were changed several times and

you're going to have to make some judgment calls about how your people performed during that time.

When it comes to delivering, there are a lot of steps that probably you, if you've not listened, or even if you've listened you skipped over.

Maybe you smartly said, I can't do all of the things they recommend to achieve an

outstanding one in my first or second year, but over time maybe I'll add more. Now would be a good time to make sure that your preparation is good.

Obviously your writing is good, but particularly the delivery is good. Your directs are going to be on edge. They're going to be concerned.

There's enough concern about what the economy looks like in 2021,

that they're wondering whether or not they'll have a job in a year and that

means you have a special responsibility to be a professional and a caring professional about delivering what amounts to

performance feedback through the performance review system.

So have a listen and recognize that this is a time of great stress for many people and especially for their families and be at your very best during your

delivery of performance reviews after what has to be one of the most unusual and difficult years for most of us in our professional lives.

I commend to you our guidance on how to deliver a performance review.

My guess is that delivering reviews is probably one of if not the most stress-inducing anxiety-producing events most managers go through each year.

Only exceeded probably by getting laid off or laying someone else off.

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