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Annual performance review prep for Excel, written through the year.

The annual setup covers a twelve-month period with five areas: Delivery, Quality, Teamwork, Customers and Learning. Objectives have a self-rating, feedback is dated and attributed, and a Development sheet lists each skill with how you will build it and by when.

  • Excel 2016 and later
  • Calculations checked in LibreOffice and Google Sheets
  1. Name the areasEnter the headings your review uses, one per line, such as Delivery or Teamwork. They become the Area dropdown on the Objectives and Feedback sheets.
  2. Pick period and sheetsPick three months, six months or a year. Switch the Feedback sheet, the Development sheet and a self-rating on or off, and add up to eight columns of your own.
  3. Download and fill inDownload the workbook, list your objectives with how each is measured, and add feedback as you receive it. The Summary shows the days left to the review.

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Preview: Annual review prep. Change the selected dates, categories or layout to update the preview.

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What you get

What is different in this setup

Employees with a yearly appraisal who want a record built up month by month and a self-rating ready for the meeting.

  • A twelve-month review period, with the review date set to the end of it.
  • A How it went column on Objectives: Exceeded, Met, Partly met or Not met.
  • Both the Feedback and Development sheets are included.

Sheets included (8)

  1. Start HereHow the workbook works, what each sheet is for and the settings used.
  2. Check-insDated progress notes linked to each objective.
  3. ObjectivesEach objective for the period, with how success is measured and the check-ins so far.
  4. FeedbackWhat others said, from whom and when.
  5. DevelopmentSkills to build, how, and by when.
  6. SummaryDays to the review, and objectives still without a check-in.
  7. ListsEdit the white lists to change dropdown choices. Shaded lists are fixed because formulas use those names.
  8. SettingsValues used by the workbook, such as reminder windows. Change them here.

File details

Made for
Excel 2016 and laterThe download is an .xlsx workbook.
LibreOffice
No calculation errors in our testLibreOffice recalculated every formula in the workbook with no error values, such as #VALUE! or #N/A.
Google Sheets
Calculations matched Excel in our testGoogle Sheets removes sheet protection and repeated print headings.
Apple Numbers
Some calculations do not workMany calculations on the Summary sheet and the Objectives sheet do not work in Apple Numbers. Numbers converts list-based dropdowns to plain cells and removes colour markers, sheet protection, frozen headings and number and date validation. Use Excel for these calculations and features.
Calculations
The Start Here sheet lists the calculations used in this workbook. Results update from the entries you add.
Builder privacy
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Questions

Are my builder entries sent to Due Form?

No. The builder uses them in your browser to make the workbook on your device.

Information is sent to Due Form when you submit a form or use another service described on the How it works page.

How the utilities work

Can I rename the five areas?

Yes. Enter your own headings before you download, or edit them later on the Lists sheet, so the dropdowns match the competencies your employer uses.

Is the self-rating required?

No. Leave it blank, or switch the column off in the builder.

Cover of The Professional Evidence File, DF.004

Related Due Form edition

The Professional Evidence File

Record completed work, supporting evidence and permission, then prepare selected examples for an appraisal, application or portfolio.

For the proof itself: records, letters and references

See The Professional Evidence File

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