At Perkins+Will, our people—YOU!—are the key to our success. That’s why it’s so important that everyone has the opportunity to grow, master new skills, and have new experiences and possibilities.
THRIVE reinvents and re-energizes the employee performance review process by embracing an environment that nurtures a year-round dialogue about professional goals and development.
How it Works
Champion
You will now have several occasions over the course of a year to meet with your “Champion.” You and your Champion will work together and have conversations focused on career development and exchanging feedback.
Partner
You will have ownership in your personal growth as a “Partner,” collaborating in a dialogue with your Champion, reflecting on your performance, identifying learning opportunities, setting career goals, and establishing pathways to accomplish those goals and track your progress.
Check-ins and Touch-points
Partners and Champions should have approximately three semi-formal “check-in” conversations per year, supported by an even sprinkling of informal “touch points” over the course of 12 months. These meetings don’t need to be highly structured and choreographed; check-ins can be held over lunch at a favorite restaurant, for example, and touch points can be as simple as a brief walk-and-talk or a quick chat while getting coffee in the kitchen. The intent is to encourage more frequent, in-time conversations while projects and assignments are fresh in everyone’s minds, as opposed to a one-time, year-end review.