When They Say Goals Keep Changing
Respond to an employee's fairness concern when goals have shifted during the performance cycle.
An employee says the goals kept changing and questions whether the review will be fair. The team moved from acquisition to retention during the cycle, and the manager did not clearly document the reset. My goals kept changing, so I do not know what I am being judged on. You are right to ask for clarity. Let's reconstruct the goal trail: what counted before the shift, what changed on the reset date, what evidence still counts, and what SMART standard we will use for the rest of the cycle. Acknowledge the fairness concern, document the reset, preserve earned evidence, and…
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