Part of the benefit is that setting aside time to talk about what you can do better forces you to think about what you can do better. Sure, some people will thi

Part of the benefit is that setting aside time to talk about what you can do better forces you to think about what you can do better. Sure, some people will think about that without needing prompting, but having a set time to do so is beneficial for everyone else. Additionally, it gets the employee and his or her supervisor on the same page -- "here's what we agreed I would work on, here's how it's going."