A small but growing cohort of Fortune 500 companies made headlines recently when they broke with tradition and ditched the annual review.
Executives claimed performance reviews were often inefficient. Neuroscience backed them up. One study found that the dread filling employees prior to a review can restrict creativity. Another revealed that performance reviews foster a fixed mind-set in which the employee believes they’ll never be able to improve and achieve professional growth.
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