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"Benchmarking" is often missing from performance or growth conversations in the workplace

And when we leave that out, a growth mindset approach can come across like gaslighting or moving goalposts: like Mario, we reach the end of a level only to be told that the princess is in another castle.

If we don't acknowledge that getting to that point means finishing a level beyond where we were before, it can be perceived as endlessly moving goalposts, rather than achieving another stage of growth and celebrating that before diving back in to work towards the next stage of growth.

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https://managinginthemargins.com/benchmarking-and-performance-management-acb0580ba44e

Benchmarking and Performance Management - Managing in the Margins

When managers talk to reports about performance, they often focus on the “growth mindset” approach of what’s going well and what could be better. On its own, a growth mindset approach can exacerbate…

Managing in the Margins
Apr 12 at 7:29pmWeb
Show threadnonlinearApr 12

@saraislet Celebrating milestones is critical. SPECIALLY as your work gets more and more systemic, abstract.

It’s easy to get lost in the sauce.

Show threadInsecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥Apr 12

@nonlinear I think something missing from what I wrote is that it's more than just celebrating milestones, it's acknowledging progress between milestones, and that the milestones are what bring meaning to the motivational messages to encourage someone to keep going while they're between milestones

If the milestones never come, any attempts at benchmarking themselves lose meaning

Show threadInsecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥Apr 12
@nonlinear thanks for calling that out! I'm glad you helped me see what I was missing there
Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈Apr 12
@saraislet oh, "Queen Bee Syndrome" has a name 🫠