{"id":8683,"date":"2025-03-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellevatedoutcomes.com\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:56:21","slug":"measuring-monthly-performance-manager-and-employee-review-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zudigitest.com\/ellevatedoutcomes\/measuring-monthly-performance-manager-and-employee-review-template\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Monthly Performance: a Manager and Employee Review Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many businesses, it\u2019s annual review season. Personally, I really like conducting annual employee reviews in late March for two reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Your financials from the prior year are tucked and tied, so you can have a clear head about the past year\u2019s business performance and compensation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You\u2019ve done your annual planning<\/a> for the upcoming year, so you and your employees can set goals and professional development plans that tie to the business\u2019s objectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But… today we’re not talking about about annual reviews. Instead, we’re discussing the more important version: monthly reviews. And I want to share with you, our very own monthly manager and employee review template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before laying out the process, allow me to share a little more background on why I say that monthly reviews are even more important than annual reviews (i’ll also refer to them as 1-1s) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You never want feedback to be a surprise. And when you conduct reviews only once per year, you run that risk. Think about it: you\u2019ve potentially gone 12 months without giving someone critical, detailed feedback, whether good or bad. So to build it over a year and potentially surprise someone \u2013 or talk about something that happened six months ago – is risky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, as Cara Jackson says, giving and receiving feedback is something you can develop. Most people have never been taught how to give and receive<\/em> feedback. It\u2019s a skill to learn and a muscle to develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working from a manager and employee review template is the tool to do this. Think of it as your exercise. And when you do this exercise monthly, this means you’re putting in at least 12 reps per year. You build the muscle; and eventually, it becomes integrated into your culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Genesis: Matt Mochary\u2019s CEO Within<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A couple years ago, I came across the work of Matt Mochary. He’s an executive coach for Silicon Valley-style tech businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal note: one of my favorite pasttimes is studying businesses and industries that are a far cry from mine, and then pull out interesting techniques to adapt and apply to small, creative businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a huge fan of Matt Mochary’s cut and dry approach, so we use lots of the tools from his book the CEO Within<\/a>. His manager and employee review template has changed our company\u2019s complexion. It’s the ultimate tool for our team to really embrace our value of honesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ellevated Outcomes\u2019 Adapted Employee Review Templates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because I feel so strongly about how important this is (and following the templates pretty closely), I’ll cut to the chase and simply gift them to you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n