04.08.2025

📉 Your performance reviews aren’t working. And deep down, you know it.

📉 Your performance reviews aren’t working.…

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📉 Your performance reviews aren’t working.
And deep down, you know it.

You hold the meetings.

You follow the template.

You ask about goals, development, challenges.

They nod. You nod.

Everyone agrees it actually does feel like a useful conversation.

But nothing REALLY changes.

Same attitude.

Same habits.

No clarity in next steps.

Until next year’s review rolls around.

So let me ask you this;

↳ Have you ever been trained to run a performance review?
↳ Have you ever been told what to say, and more importantly what NOT to say?
↳ Do you know the legal risks of saying the wrong thing?
↳ And when that conversation ends... does anything actually shift?

Most managers were never taught any of this.

They just inherited someone else’s template.

Or guessed their way through it.

And if that sounds like you, you’re not alone.

Let's be honest -

You can’t manage performance if you’re just managing paperwork.

That’s why I built this.....

Our Leadership Self-Assessment Tool for Performance Conversations.

It's a free, plug-and-play Excel toolkit for managers like you, especially when you’re dealing with underperformance, conflict, or withdrawal.

We even use it for our paying clients.

It breaks reviews down into 5 real-world segments:

Missed deadlines / poor results

Poor decision-making or wrong action

Communication or conflict issues

Disengagement or emotional withdrawal

Repeat patterns and ongoing concerns

With a bonus segment too.

Inside each you get:
✔️ Trigger scenarios
✔️ What to say (and what not to)
✔️ Leadership reflections
✔️ Legal lens: risks under Equality Act
✔️ Risk ratings: red–amber–green system

This isn’t fluffy.

It’s legal.

It’s behavioural.

It’s actually practical.

🟢 Download the tool instantly:
https://lnkd.in/enxQNenG

Or come to our free live HR risk workshop on 14 August at 11am:
https://lnkd.in/eSghkFbi

We’ll walk you through how everyday conversations become legal liabilities, and what to do instead.

How confident are you that your next performance review won’t cause more harm than good?


👋🏽 𝗛𝗶, 𝗜’𝗺 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗥 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁.
𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗥 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗼𝗼.
𝗪𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗥 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴.

𝗠𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲.

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