Mid-year Checkup

Mid-Year Check-up….I just received a notice from my primary care doctor to schedule a check-up.  So, let me remind you— employers, managers and employees– to do a mid-year check up on your performance.  This is a time to look deeper than simple financials or other metrics. It’s reviewing actual performance compared with the planned performance, personal goals or those MBO’s in your last review.  If you and your manager haven’t discussed them lately, then be proactive.  Pull them out and do a realistic assessment of what’s been done year to date on those goals.  This can also be done with personal goals.  Be honest and review your performance to the goals set.  If they are business goals, are still relevant and important to conditions today? If not, it’s important to discuss this with other stakeholders to discuss why.  Find out if there are other actions you can do to participate in current strategies and goals. Are you on plan to achieve your business or personal goals, or lagging behind?  If so, there’s still time to succeed.  Don’t wait until the end of the year or worse when you sit down with your manager to discuss why you haven’t done what was agreed upon.  Your success and health is up to you, so be proactive.