Claire writes: ‘We know that people are using STOKeRS to ensure that appraisal or review conversations are useful. Too often those conversations become the live version of the paperwork when they could be so much more if only we asked before we start:- What do you know now you have done the paperwork that you didn’t know before?
- What do we need to do in this review conversation to make sure that it will be useful to you in your role over the next year/ 2 years?
What we are realising now is that all of us do what we normally do when we are asked to do something we normally do. Many of us are skilled and experienced in reading individual’s paperwork. Application forms. Review paperwork is different. Reading review/appraisal paperwork like an application form may not be the most useful way to engage. Transferring what we know about listening – listening to the themes/ headlines/ strands and to the underbelly (feelings) can be valuable in review and appraisal. If review is to be truly developmental for the individual we need to remember TS Eliot’s words “You are not here to verify, instruct yourself, or inform curiosity or carry report.” Report maybe, if that’s what the organisation needs but the only way to be truly developmental is to ask them how we need to make that happen!”
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