Annual Reviews Done Wrong + Boss Struggles with Peer-Turned-Manager

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Annual Reviews Done Wrong + Boss Struggles with Peer-Turned-Manager

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Dec 12, 2021

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It’s time to stop all the ways that bosses make annual reviews awful for employees. Plus, an early-career manager asks for help with a former peer who is now a game-playing direct report. We’re diving in now on Boss Better Now.

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Dec 12, 2021

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