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Ask peers what your work changed for them
Two or three short replies that can anchor your whole self-review
ConversationYour team
15 minutesTry it
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Write peer feedback that actually helps
Write the review their manager can actually quote
WorksheetYou + 1
20 minutesTry it
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Check you're aimed at what matters
Find out now, not at review time, if the target moved
ConversationYou + 1
20 to 30 minutesTry it
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Get your work recognized: write a brag document
Your manager can't advocate for work nobody remembers
Essay by Julia EvansFree
12 minutesRead it
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Do a yearly career review
Your company reviews your year for its reasons. Review it for yours
WorksheetJust you
About an hourTry it
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Keep a done list
Three lines a day, and a truer picture of your week
Make timeJust you
5 minutes a dayTry it
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Keep a running wins list
Five minutes a week, so review season isn't a dig through old email
Make timeJust you
5 minutes a weekTry it
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A Harvard career coach's unspoken rules for getting promoted
Hard work is the entry fee, not the whole story
Video by Gorick NgFree
6 minutesWatch it
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Ask what great looks like this cycle
Learn the bar for a great year while you can still clear it
ConversationYou + 1
10 minutesTry it
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Sort what you know from what you're guessing
Worry runs on guesses; find out which of yours are facts
WorksheetJust you
15 minutesTry it
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Say where you're behind, and ask for help
Being behind is fixable; being behind in secret is much harder
ConversationYou + 1
20 minutesTry it
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Insight
Reflecting alone may not show you how you come across
Book by Tasha EurichBuy or borrow
About six and a half hoursRead it

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