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  • Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you to a

  • career and life you'll truly enjoy. And in today's video I'm going to teach you my

  • five steps on how to prepare for a one-on-one meeting with your manager or

  • boss especially if it's a performance review meeting and you're wanting to

  • request either a salary increase a promotion or a special project to work

  • on

  • now as a career strategist I've had the honour of being able to help numerous

  • professionals land their dream job offers and if this is something that

  • you're interested in working with me one on one I can give you details about that

  • at the end of this video now when it comes to a performance meeting with your

  • boss or manager there are several things that you need to be aware of before the

  • meeting during the meeting and after the meeting so here are the things tip

  • number one before the meeting prepare your value and accomplishments stories

  • ahead of time in order to convince your boss or manager that you are a strong

  • performer at your work and that you deserve whatever it is that you plan to

  • request of them you need to have clear quantifiable achievements to be able to

  • articulate to your manager in the meeting and so to help you with this

  • process some questions that you can ask yourself involve what have I done in the

  • last year or six months that have been beyond my typical daily duties and tasks

  • then ask yourself what was the situation surrounding those events what was the

  • problem or issue that people were having to deal with how were people in the

  • company feeling about this situation including yourself then ask yourself

  • what action steps did I take and don't be overly detailed talk about it from a

  • high-level perspective what were the key phases or the key steps that you

  • implemented and then finally ask yourself what were the results be clear

  • hopefully they're quantifiable results that actually show a vast difference

  • from the situation before to what you ended up helping to achieve tip number

  • two before the meeting is to make sure that you are clear on what you plan to

  • request now this is pretty obvious but if you plan to ask for a raise or you

  • think you deserve a promotion or you want to ask for a vacation or you want

  • to ask to work on an important project just be clear about whatever that thing

  • is that you want to request obviously before you go into the meeting now let's

  • get into the steps that you'll do during the meeting step number one listen to

  • what your boss or manager has to say generally they'll start off the meeting

  • with an agenda or purpose of what they want to discuss with you so don't be the

  • first to speak let he or she say they've planned to say and you can just

  • sit back and listen now step number two is to assess whether it's the right time

  • to move forward with your request or stop to ask for constructive criticism

  • where some professionals go wrong in these performance reviews is that they

  • have a complete opposite perception of their own performance compared to what

  • their manager has of them depending on their personality for some of you

  • professionals either you think that you're doing way better than what your

  • manager is perceiving you to be or you feel that you're doing way worse than

  • what your manager perceives you to be doing now depending on whether the

  • feedback is positive or negative you want to adjust your game plan

  • accordingly if your boss or manager had nothing but good things to say about you

  • and gave you a great review then you can proceed to step number three which is to

  • articulate your value and accomplishments now if you just got a

  • negative performance review then you want to pause for a second and you want

  • to ask your boss to explain and give specific examples or circumstances that

  • prove what they're saying and that justify your performance review and this

  • isn't a time to argue it's a time to listen intently and even take notes if

  • you can so here's the thing if you are in a performance review meeting and

  • you're getting negative feedback from your manager then instead of making your

  • request which you had planned to initially you want to put that on hold

  • and instead be able to walk away from the meeting with a clear plan of action

  • ask your manager to provide you with his or her expectations for what they want

  • of you over the next six months for example and make sure that you

  • understand exactly what those objectives are what you need to do to achieve those

  • objectives or exceed those expectations so that you can get your performance

  • back to a level that is positive so that then at that point in time you can make

  • your request now for those of you who've gotten positive performance reviews then

  • step number three is to articulate your value and accomplishments so you'll

  • start out by saying something along the lines of as you know over the last year

  • or X number of months I've been able to demonstrate my value and accomplished

  • several achievements that have been above and beyond my role and from there

  • go into your exam so start describing the specific

  • instances where you have gone above and beyond the situation the action and the

  • results from those make sure that your brief and concise and really only bring

  • about the accomplishments that are the most important so don't go overboard and

  • start talking about more than four or five accomplishments in a row and

  • finally step number four make your request you'll then say as a result of

  • the value that I've been able to demonstrate to the team and the company

  • I'd like to request link and state your request there then the next thing you

  • want to do is be silent just look them in the face with a pleasant expression

  • on your face and see how your boss or manager responds and then after that

  • step number five is to ask for next steps and their expectations of you so

  • your boss will likely have said okay well let me get back to you on that and

  • then your response will be okay so can we talk about next steps and

  • expectations for the future you want to leave the meeting with clear

  • expectations of what your boss or manager has for you for the near future

  • so do you don't want to leave the meeting without having an understanding

  • of what those are that way in order to maintain your level of performance

  • you'll be able to create goals and targets for yourself that match to the

  • expectations of what your boss requires of you also you want it ask them for the

  • time frame for when they're gonna get back to you on your request just so that

  • you have that in mind and that you can hold them accountable to to make sure

  • that they get back to you after the meeting you want to do a few things one

  • thing is to send a follow-up email detailing the items that were discussed

  • in the meeting and thanking your manager for their time you can start it off by

  • saying thanks for meeting with me today and for providing my performance review

  • I plan to implement the steps and achieve the targets we discussed and I

  • look forward to hearing confirmation for my request so there you have it those

  • are my tips and steps on how to prepare for a performance review meeting with

  • your boss or manager now if you're someone who's been on this path of

  • searching for a new position you want to make a career change you've been looking

  • for awhile but you just haven't had much luck and you're ready to get one-on-one

  • professional help then feel free to reach out to me head on over to my

  • website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired

  • read through the page fill out the application form and if we feel that

  • we are a match then one of my team members will reach out to you directly

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