Career conversations for optimum motivation

Everybody hates the annual performance review process and recently we’ve been seeing a lot of articles about companies who have replaced the annual review with more regular feedback sessions.

There are a number of problems with the traditional performance review – managers are not trained to do them well. Many managers prefer to leave well alone, if they don’t mention career progression to the staff perhaps they won’t ask for development opportunities! This is short-sighted at the very least because most staff want development and growth and will leave to find it elsewhere if necessary.