I spent years as a CFO. Twice a year, that meant running the review cycle: chasing managers for forms, watching deadlines slip, reading feedback so sanded down by process that nothing true survived it.
The strange part was that everyone involved was trying. Good managers, good people, all dreading a ritual that was supposed to help them.
The forms got completed. The development didn't happen. We were performing the process of growing people without any of the growth. There's a name for that: review theatre.
JP is a former Finance Leader and is passionate about talent technology and how great culture, management and leadership can lead to high-performance organisations.
