A short spoken segment from a YouTube video arguing that traditional ratings-based performance reviews encourage a fixed mindset and are less useful than reviews designed—using social science—to foster a growth mindset, employee development, stronger impact on the business, and greater role-fit and fulfillment.
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Because our belief is that a quarterly or a biannual performance review should really actually be geared towards helping somebody improve in ways that are meaningful to them and meaningful to the business. That it's not so much about getting a grade, which actually create, you know, the research shows that, you know, ratings actually increase a fixed mindset and decrease. Whereas the way that we've taken this, which is all backed by the cutting edge social science, actually creates more of a growth mindset, helps people think about, who do I want to become? What are the ways that I want to grow and develop? What are the ways that I want to impact the company? How do I want to use my strengths at a more significant capacity? Am I really fulfilled by the work that I'm doing? And could there be a better role.