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Employee Evaluation & Reviews
All guides in Employee Evaluation & Reviews.
How to Run Better Career Conversations as a Manager
Career conversations fall apart without structure. Here is how to anchor them in the framework and a gap report.
How Often Should You Run Performance Reviews?
More reviews are not always better. Here is how to pick a review cadence that fits your size and stage.
Why Evaluations Should Go Through an Approval Workflow
An approval step is the cheapest quality control you have. Here is what HR should check before an evaluation is final.
Closing the Loop: From Framework to Evaluation to Gap to Action
Career development works as a loop, not a one-off review. Here is how the four stages connect and reinforce each other.
Writing Development Action Items That Actually Get Done
Most development plans are abandoned by week two. Here is how to write action items that close the loop on the gap report.
What Is a Skill Gap Report? How to Turn Evaluations Into Development Plans
A skill gap report is where evaluation becomes development. Here is how to read one and act on the top three gaps.
How to Calibrate Performance Reviews Across Managers
Calibration is how you stop ratings from depending on which manager an employee happened to have. Here is how to run it.
Review Cycle Best Practices for Small HR Teams
A practical playbook for running review cycles with a tiny HR team, from scheduling to manager reminders to close-out.
Writing Evidence Notes That Make Evaluations Defensible
A score without evidence is an opinion. Here is how to capture evidence notes that make evaluations defensible.
1-5 Competency Scoring: How to Make Ratings Consistent Across Managers
A 1-5 scale only works if every manager means the same thing by a 3. Here is how to anchor and calibrate it.
How to Evaluate Employee Career Readiness (Without Bias)
Promotion-readiness calls go wrong when they rely on memory and gut feel. Here is a structured, lower-bias way to make them.
How to Run Your First Evaluation Cycle in 30 Minutes
You don't need months of setup. Here is how to seed a framework and run your first evaluation cycle in about half an hour.