Regular performance reviews are part-and-parcel of just about every managed venture. They mark successes of direct reports while charting next steps towards a future path. Unfortunately, these reviews can sometime turn into routine affairs. In this case, feedback is not always useful; worse is when it doesn’t even strike a chord but instead discourages the employee. In this short book, business professor Steve King suggests a simple method to improve conversations in performance reviews.
As suggested in the title, King’s method is to brag about some things, worry about other things, wonder or be curious about some things, and bet on some future events transpiring. There’s really not a lot more to the book than that. Therein lies its strength… and honestly, its biggest weakness. It would be nice to have more depth to this 58-page book. Some scientific validation of the method would be nice, especially coming from a professor of executive business management.
Brag, Worry, Wonder, Bet: A Manager’s Guide to Giving Feedback
By Steve King
Copyright (c) 2013
iUniverse
ISBN13 9781475968743
Page Count: 58
Genre: Management
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