{"id":201,"date":"2021-10-14T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T00:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/?p=201"},"modified":"2021-10-14T19:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T00:05:33","slug":"tis-the-season-for-performance-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/tis-the-season-for-performance-review\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tis the Season for Performance Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As another year draws to a close, people reflect upon the past. As mentioned in my post, \u201cDo you drive looking at the rear-view mirror<\/a>,\u201d although we cannot change history we can learn from it, else we\u2019re doomed to repeat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some, be they the reviewers<\/em> or those being reviewed<\/em>, the thought of \u201cperformance review\u201d raises their blood pressure and anxiety level. They may be concerned or fearful about delivering or receiving feedback. They may be apprehensive about confrontational encounters due to disagreements. Some worry that relationships could be damaged. Others are concerned that their popularity and reputation could be damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the cultural context, the communication could get lost in translation, e.g., low context and explicit<\/strong> vs. high context and implicit<\/strong>. Typically, leaders from the West are assertive<\/strong> and open, and they over-communicate, whereas leaders from the East are more passive<\/strong> (aggressive) and private, they expect others to read between the lines (or read the air). Those from the West prefer to deliver and receive negative feedback directly<\/strong>, while those from the East prefer indirect<\/strong> negative feedback. Also, those in the West take a confrontational approach in expressing disagreement, but those in the East avoid confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, it has been asserted, \u201cWhat you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.\u201d This Confucian apothegm has left many in a state of confusion. Those who were raised in the East think that they shouldn\u2019t be critical of others because what goes around comes around. Taking verse one out of the context of Matthew 7<\/a>, some refrain from judging <\/span>lest they be accused of being judgmental<\/span>. So if you don\u2019t<\/strong> want to be criticized, then don\u2019t<\/strong> criticize others. Some have actually mistaken this as the \u201cGolden Rule<\/span>\u201d taught by Jesus when He declared, \u201cDo to others as you would have them do to you\u201d (Luke 6:31). However, note that Jesus\u2019 Golden Rule<\/a> is in the affirmative: to do<\/strong>; but Confucius taught the negative: to not<\/em> do<\/strong>! Jesus\u2019 rule was based on gold, not fool\u2019s gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line<\/span>: Proceed with prudence. Consider the context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As another year draws to a close, people reflect upon the past. As mentioned in my post, \u201cDo you drive looking at the rear-view mirror,\u201d although we cannot change history we can learn from it, else we\u2019re doomed to repeat it. For some, be they the reviewers or those being reviewed, the thought of \u201cperformance… Continue reading \u2018Tis the Season for Performance Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weswong.com\/WongoTech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}