Episode 86 - Stop Doing Annual Employee Reviews — They Don’t Work

Steve Shaw and Dave Rogers make the case that once-a-year feedback simply doesn’t work anymore. As Steve puts it: “Pat me on the back every day, or I’m going away.” Employees want to know how they’re doing right now — not eleven months from now in an awkward meeting with a manager and a piece of paper. And there’s another problem in our business: we're pretty damn good at telling people when they screw something up. But when they do something right? Sometimes they hear absolutely nothing. Steve and Dave talk about replacing the annual-review mentality with regular, honest conversations — the good AND the bad — so employees always know where they stand.