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Prepare for your performance review so it goes your way
Your annual review is next week and you can't remember what you did in March. Get your year on one page, what to ask for and how to handle criticism.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me prepare for my performance review. My goals for the year: [list] What I've done: [projects, results, feedback, extra work] What went less well: [honestly] What I want from the review: [e.g. a rise, promotion, training, different work] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A one-page summary: each goal, my evidence, and the result. 2. Three achievements to lead with, and how to say them. 3. A calm way to respond to criticism, with a script. 4. What to ask for, and how. 5. Three goals to suggest for next year. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. list: a short note you already have. projects, results, feedback, extra work: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me prepare for my performance review. My goals for the year: [list] What I've done: [projects, results, feedback, extra work] What went less well: [honestly] What I want from the review: [e.g. a rise, promotion, training, different work] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A one-page summary: each goal, my evidence, and the result. 2. Three achievements to lead with, and how to say them. 3. A calm way to respond to criticism, with a script. 4. What to ask for, and how. 5. Three goals to suggest for next year. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. list: a short note you already have. projects, results, feedback, extra work: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type your goals for the year and what you've done, messy is fine.
The assistant asks about results, feedback and what you want from the review.
You get an evidence summary, talking points, a plan for criticism and what to ask for.
What happens
Use Copilot to prepare for your performance review so it goes your way
Your annual review is next week and you can't remember what you did in March. Get your year on one page, what to ask for and how to handle criticism.
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