How to Make the Most of Your Annual Review

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Congratulations! If you are fortunate enough to be able to read this email, then, in all likelihood, you’ve managed to reach the finish line of another year. While last year’s New Year’s resolution to eliminate pasta from your diet may have backfired, maintaining your career through another year means something must be going right.

Before the ball drops, check out this slice of advice on structuring an annual review that focuses on the good, the bad, and the future of your business.

 

Click to tweet this: After a year of ups and downs, use your annual review to make 2017 an UP year. @DaveCrenshaw

Video transcript:

As you reach the end of a business year, it’s important to take some time. Schedule perhaps a half-day or a day to review what’s happened in the previous year and prepare for the coming year.

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

Number one, ask yourself: “What was our greatest victory?” What’s the one thing that you accomplished that you can feel really good about?

Second of all, “What’s our biggest lesson?” This is a nice way of saying “What’s the one thing that we did that we shouldn’t have done and we can avoid doing that in the future?” If you turn it into a lesson it becomes a victory and not a loss.

And then third, ask yourself, “What’s the one thing we’re going to focus on in the next year?” You might have five or ten different ideas, but make the next year about just one focus.

So in the comments section below, I’d like you to share one of these three things: Either what’s your greatest victory, what’s your greatest lesson, or what’s the one thing that you’re going to focus on in the coming year.

Also if you have a question you’d like me to answer in a future video, ask that in the comments section below.

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Thanks for watching and may you make the most of the coming year.

Join the conversation: What’s your greatest victory, what’s your greatest lesson, or what’s the one thing that you’re going to focus on in the coming year?

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