Explain why performance reviews are difficult conversations.

Students will develop a two (2) page proposal that explains how to apply at least three (3) core skills of engagement to an effective performance review conversation. The proposal will include the following:

  1. Explain why performance reviews are difficult conversations.
  2. Describe how you would introduce the performance review, using three (3) of the core skills on pages 59-61:
    • Telling the truth
    • Self-disclosure
    • Framing choices
    • Extending goodwill
    • Taking and supporting the other side
    • Naming difficult issues
    • Acknowledging doubt, anxiety, and guilt
    • Making promises and offering guarantees

3. Explain the three (3) core skills that you used.

4. Provide rationale for each of the three (3) core skills used