YEAR REVIEW 2022

At the end of this year, I conducted a 360-Performance Review, to learn what I do well and where I can become better. I gathered feedback from people I frequently worked with during the year, and I got responses from 7 people. 

This post is simply me bragging about the response I got.

Summary

• My strengths are productivity, communication, and leadership.

• My focus for improvement is patience and navigating disagreements.

• Notable quotes:

• Productivity

  • • “Viktor is a great problem solver.”

    • “Viktor makes our team stay proactive.”

    • “Identifies and solves problems.”

    • “Willingness to be direct and speak the truth.“

    • “Understanding of agile development methodologies.”

    • “Teaches and inspires teams to be more effective, efficient, and co-creating.”

• Communication

  • • “Viktor has fantastic mediator skills.“

    • “Good communicator.” 

    • “Great knowledge around collaboration.“

    • “Listens and drives discussion in a fruitful direction.”

    • “Viktor makes us efficiently communicate with each other.”

• Leadership

  • • “Viktor brought stability and effective ways of working to our team.”

    • “Viktor is a great boss.”

    • “Tackles conflicts that otherwise would cause more problems.”

    • “Team player, great at motivating and inspiring others.”

    • “Empowers me to take more responsibilities.”

    • “Honest. Unafraid. Determined.”

    • “Ensure we improve our work efficiency.”

Questions and unedited responses

Q: What are three or four words you would use to describe Viktor?

• “Honest. Unafraid. Determined.“

• “Calm, Friendly, Talkative”

• “Honest, Calm, Caring, Pragmatic”

• “Positive, Knowledgeable (in scrum from what i've seen), Brave”

• “Kind, Assertive, Transparent”

• “Empowering, New School Professional, Authentic.”

• “Team Player, Motivating, Inspiring”

Q: What would you say are Viktor's strengths?

• "good communicator, makes people open up and keeps stuff calm” 

• "Viktor is a creative and a great problem solver. He trusts and empowers his team to be independent. Viktor makes sure our team stays proactive.” 

• “Willingness to partake in identifying problems before solving them.” 

• “Listening, bringing calm and "peaceful" energy into discussions. Asking questions to drive the discussion in a fruitful direction.”

• “He is honest and excellent at standing up for not only his own but also for others' opinions. He always feels like he has the team’s best interest at heart.“

• “Viktor is a team player and great at motivating and inspiring others.”

• “Understanding of agile development methodologies, team dynamics, and what motivates people. Willingness to be direct and speak the truth, even when doing so might be uncomfortable.“

Q: What value has Viktor brought to you, your team, or the organization?

• “Viktor brought stability and healthy/effective ways of working to our team in an otherwise chaotic environment and organization.“

• “Agile coach” 

• “His fantastic mediator skills have been very much needed during some of our team's more sensitive discussions”

• “Viktor helped our team tackle conflicts that otherwise could have gone ignored for a long time and caused more problems.”

• “His trust in decentralization empowers me to be more independent and take more responsibility for my work and the team’s effort. Viktor’s way of meetings with check-ins, in the beginning, makes us come closer and more efficiently communicate with each other. “

• “Agile coach, a great person to bounce ideas with”

• “Service, knowledge, cooperation”

Q: What’s an area you’d like to see Viktor improve?

• “Patience and diplomacy in interacting with people or initiatives that he disagrees with. At the same time, his honesty is one of his strengths, so it's not about backing down, but rather about communicating and navigating disagreement in a way that's as effective as possible.“

• “Reacting on bad feedback and/or requests.“

• “I would have hoped he hung out more with our team, but I understand that that's not his job :(“

Q: Anything else you want to share?

• “Viktor brings an element of humanity and transparency to the workplace that makes it feel more real and motivating to go to work.“

• “Viktor is a great boss and it seems he is involved in many projects and teams and adds value to many parts of the organization.“

• “I look forward to working in the same team again! Merry Christmas and a happy new year!”

• “If I knew you better I could give you more insightful advice! Otherwise, just a thank you!”

• “Nope, Viktor is awesome!”