January 24, 2023
By makingchips

MakingChips Reviews Our Own Performance Reviews, 343

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Are you conducting performance reviews in your business? Have you found a way to structure them to be useful? In this episode of MakingChips, Jason and I talk about how we structure our performance reviews, why we do them consistently, and why they matter. Your teams need to be performing at a high level. Why? If they’re not achieving their goals, they’re not MakingChips, and if they’re not MakingChips, we’re not making money! BAM!

– Nick

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  • [0:16] Get 25% off an annual Thomas™ subscription with code CHIPS25
  • [2:33] Jason’s favorite manufacturing memory from 2022
  • [4:08] Announcing one of our guest hosts for 2023
  • [8:03] Manufacturing News: U.S. manufacturing needs federal funding
  • [13:51] Implementing a self-review alongside performance reviews
  • [20:10] The #1 thing I learned from our performance reviews
  • [22:28] Making sure performance reviews are a good use of time
  • [25:33] Why peer reviews can be a useful tool to gauge performance
  • [28:23] Start implementing performance reviews in your business

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