This is a tool in the ELGL Workforce Development Toolbox.
WHAT:
- Performance “previews,” instead of “reviews.
- Addresses the idea that employees respond better to continuous feedback, instead of being evaluated only once per year.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
- From the research and writing of Samuel Culbert.
- Culbert advocates performance previews instead of performance reviews.
- His book, Get Rid of the Performance Review! How Companies Can Stop Intimidating, Start Managing—and Focus on What Really Matters (Hachette Book Group, New York, 2010), goes into detail on how these should be done.
CATEGORIES:
- Managing staff
- Changing workplace cultures
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
- City of Lake Oswego, Oregon
- Email us if your agency uses this workforce development tool.
TELL US YOUR STORIES:
- From City of Lake Oswego, Oregon Public Works Director Anthony Hooper:
- “…all of the managers in my Department are now using this method and it is contributing to the shift in culture to being more open, honest, collaborative, and responsive.”
- Email us your stories about this workforce development tool.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
- Scott Lazenby, City Manager, Lake Oswego, OR – [email protected]
- Anthony Hooper, Public Works Director, Lake Oswego, OR – ahooper
@ci.oswego.or.us