This document provides guidance on conducting effective performance reviews to improve employee retention and satisfaction. It recommends conducting 90-day reviews for new hires to ensure they are on track and a good fit, as well as annual reviews to check on progress towards employee and employer goals. The reviews should discuss strengths and weaknesses, concerns, previous goals and how they were met, leadership skills, and create new goals and action plans. They advise holding reviews in a quiet, distraction-free environment individually to allow for open discussion and feedback. The goal is for employees to have new goals, awareness of their progress, and for managers to understand department issues to help employees advance their careers.