Someone who "needs" a review is typically not a good fit for my management style. If your organization gets large enough, then out of necessity, you will have

Someone who "needs" a review is typically not a good fit for my management style. If your organization gets large enough, then out of necessity, you will have many different managers with many different styles. That is usually the point when a performance review system needs to become more formalized - it's important to be sure that in some ways, all managers are treating their reports similarly, even if it means some of them changing their default management style.