performance-reviews

Diagnose underperformance by evaluating resources, training, desire, fit, and ability to find root causes. This diagnostic workflow ensures you apply evidence-driven manager actions and structure a clear performance case before recommending improvement plans or separations.

Structure a performance review by analyzing a report's performance, collecting concrete examples of behaviors, and applying a relief test heuristic. This produces actionable diagnosis, evidence checklists, suggested ratings, and draft wording for feedback conversations.

Write a performance improvement plan by collecting concrete examples of behaviors and applying a diagnostic framework to identify root causes. This generates exact phrasing for feedback conversations, evidence checklists, and concrete next steps for the employee.

Initiate a separation discussion instead of a PIP by applying the relief test heuristic to your evidence checklist. If the diagnostic workflow shows no root cause resolution and timely action is required, the skill advises on writing the separation case.

Yes, you can use this workflow for promotion cases and mid-year calibration. The skill helps engineering managers analyze report notes, collect behavioral examples, and draft manager reviews and suggested ratings for individual contributors and small teams.

You need manager context, report notes, and concrete examples of behaviors to prepare for a performance review discussion. These inputs allow the workflow to produce actionable diagnosis, evidence checklists, and exact phrasing for feedback conversations.