I know you don’t have time. We all have too much to do and the thought of taking an hour to review everything we have to do seems a bit crazy. Unfortunately we praise people who are always busy but ask yourself are they really effective or just busy? I learned about the weekly review from David Allen in his book Getting Things Done. I did my first weekly review after reading that book and I’ve continued since that day to do them.
What if you and your staff were on the same page every week? What if you knew about an employee’s mom that had recently been diagnosed with _______ fill in the blank? Do you ever talk to your employees about goals for the firm and for themselves? Once a year maybe if they are lucky – right?
Many companies are eliminating the yearly review. 2 years ago Adobe stopped the annual review process in favor of the “check-in”. They found that they can give feedback in real time and this has a direct influence on performance. This could be constructive criticism or feedback that reinforces positive results.
Do you do anything on a regular basis that has to be done in a certain order? Is there something so critical that if you forget about it you are guaranteeing everything to get screwed up? I bet yes.
