How to make your performance review meaningful

Make your performance review meaningfulImage by ThinkstockThere's a prevailing opinion that performance reviews aren't the best way to evaluate employee performance and that they might do more harm than good. In fact, plenty of high-profile companies have ditched performance reviews all together, including major corporations like Microsoft and Dell. And research supports this move, suggesting that performance reviews can actually hinder or halt progress in the workplace, by demoralizing and disc