I shared some practices for a quick mid-year check-in for managers to use with their teams: https://sarahpark.co/mid-year-management-check-in/
Here's the cheat sheet:
Here's the cheat sheet:
- What's something I definitely wanted to accomplish this year that still feels far away? (It'll help to look back on goals you'd set in January.)
- Which behaviors on my team (mine included) need to change in order to actively be working toward that goal? Which mindsets need to be unstuck to enable this to happen?
- What is the most important piece of feedback I've been reluctant to share? (Answer this for every person who directly reports to you.)
- What's the single most important thing I can do today to turn this situation around?
- How do I want to remember this year?
(And PS, if you aren't already doing it, here's why you should keep a work journal.)