Is your annual review approaching?

Performance reviews are just around the corner in many firms and organizations. We often hear that people are “too busy” to prepare for their review. As we always say, that’s like saying “I was so busy packing for vacation that I didn’t have time to book a plane ticket.” Your review may be the one time all year when you and your boss both carve out time to sit and talk about your career. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

In addition to our series on what to do before, during, and after your review, check out Amy M. Gardner’s conversation about performance reviews on Heather Hubbard’s Hustle & Flow podcast (geared to lawyers but a great resource for professionals in any field), which you can listen to here.

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If you have a great performance review, it can be the perfect opportunity to ask your employer to invest in your future growth by subsidizing (or covering) career development coaching with Apochromatik, or your participation in one of our Future in Focus 2020 cohorts. (There are three: one for attorneys aiming for or recently made partner, one for attorneys seeking a job change or career transition, and one for any professional ready to finally focus on their goals.)

Likewise, if your performance review raises issues, you may be able to address them through coaching, or use career transition coaching or Future in Focus 2020 to move on to the position that’s the right fit. Either way, please feel free to contact us to talk about how we might be able to assist you.

Your salary, end of year bonus (for those lucky enough to have one), and your employment status all depend on you taking your review seriously. Take advantage of these tools to make the most of this year’s review.

What advice do you have for people preparing for an annual review?