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The Power of Performance Reviews: Use This System to Become a Better Manager

Lenny Rachitsky · First Round Review Free Beginner

Rachitsky ran 50-plus reviews at Airbnb and turned it into a Prepare, Deliver, Follow-up system he explicitly says is for early-stage founders putting a performance system in place for the first time. It hands you the actual mechanics: three start/stop/continue questions to gather peer input, a 45-minute conversation structure that spends two-thirds of the time on development, and downloadable templates so you copy the doc instead of inventing the process.

  • Feedback runs on a repeatable loop of prepare, deliver, follow-up, not a once-a-year scramble
  • Collect peer input with three plain questions (start, stop, continue) rather than a heavy 360 tool
  • Share the rating early in the conversation and spend most of the time on one or two concrete growth areas
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The question it answers

  1. How do I set up feedback and performance conversations before I have an HR team?

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