“I Hated Working For You. It Changed My Life.”
It’s time for my annual 360° manager performance evaluation. As a general rule, most manager performance evaluations are flawed mostly because they do not really tell us what we want to know—what did our direct reports learn, did they grow, are they better now, and did we change them?
Three years ago, I decided look at my 360° manager performance evaluation from a different perspective…to expose myself professionally (Managing Naked)…to growth opportunity per say.
I still look at the ratings (we all like to be liked) and even more carefully at the comments about what to improve and what went wrong. But from that point, I’m laser focused to look deeply for signs that colleagues and direct reports have changed positively, are considering change, or might change in the future—that is the whole point of Managing Naked.
Really, two weeks ago, I’m having lunch with mortgage loan originator...