Regular two-way feedback is essential. And even if you already have weekly 1:1s in place, those sessions tend to focus on the current projects and roadblocks, rather than having an overarching retrospective review of the past six months.

With that said, we’ve created this template to help guide you through a mid-year review with your direct report. Acknowledging their hard work is crucial, as well as applauding any commendable results that came about. This will give them the motivation and confidence to achieve more in the future months ahead.

The goal is to take a step back and reflect together on what went well, identify any particular difficulties or roadblocks encountered, aspects or processes that can be improved on, and create an action plan for working on those weaknesses moving forward.

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