Most people dread the thought of their annual performance review. We imagine the worst: our managers will dredge up examples of our poor performance, then set impossibly high goals for us for the coming year. OR even worse, when the review is completed skipped: we have no idea how well we’re doing, or even if we’re doing the right thing at all.

Of course, it doesn’t have to happen that way – and in fact, we can use this focused time to solicit feedback that can make a real difference.

One technique is to review yourself first. Get a blank copy of your employer’s evaluation forms, and take an honest, objective look at how well you’ve done. Go through the exercise of writing your own review – from the perspective of your manager. Don’t forget to document the impact of your achievements, as well as the areas where you need to improve. Once this is done, tell your manager (if it isn’t the practice already) that you have done a self-assessment, and that you would like to begin the performance review meeting to discuss any differences between their assessment and yours.

Doing this is a critical step: it changes the tone of the meeting from “download” to “conversation”.

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