Make sure you take the time to prepare yourself prior to undertaking performance management. What is it that you are afraid of? Even if you are not yet performance managing any of your team members, take the time to jot down some notes against the question, “When faced with managing performance, I am scared of…”
There are many reasons why performance management can be so problematic in the arts – maybe it’s fear of confrontation (we can do it if we have a script and an audience and if we’re in character, but the notion of genuinely addressing a perceived performance issue is terrifying to most of our managers!). Maybe it’s because we might be managing friends.
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