Do you dread delivering performance reviews to your direct reports? If you do, you’re not alone at all! This is one of the most common types of conversations that causes anxiety, especially when it’s not favorable news for our direct reports. That’s not a comfortable situation for us as leader or for us as direct reports.

You know what? It’s okay that this makes us uncomfortable! There is power in embracing the discomfort that comes with conversations like this. Once we do, it makes it easier to alleviate the discomfort to the extent possible and have the conversation.

Join me as I talk through how to have collaborative, engaging, and productive performance reviews, even in adversarial situations!