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Proactiveness

There’s a sizable body of evidence showing that proactive people are better performers across industries.

1 Point

• You sometimes ask questions and reach out for help when stuck.

2 Points

• You proactively communicate needs and help requests with teammates to avoid being blocked or blocking others.
• You proactively flag issues or blockers in 1:1s or team meetings, but rely on others to help problem-solve and communicate with other stakeholders.

3 Points

• You consistently flag issues or blockers as they arise with anyone who might be affected.
• You consistently communicate status updates with affected teammates and stakeholders proactively, so they know what’s going on without needing to ask, especially when things go wrong.

4 Points

• You consistently pair flagged issues with adequate solution proposals.
• You consistently show proactive communication across the board — little need for stakeholders to check in due to complete trust in the communication stream.
• You notice communication failures within the organisation and proactively take positive action.

5 Points

• You proactively identify and address systemic communication gaps or problems.
• You proactively create new and improve existing communication processes and channels.
• You proactively manage entire communication streams with both internal and external stakeholders.

Clarity

1 Point

• You communicate clearly and openly during stand-ups and 1:1s, or when requested.

2 Points

• You sometimes communicate the impact and status of your projects accurately
• You communicate complicated concepts with some clarity to a technical audience.

3 Points

• You consistently describe the current status and impact of large, multi-person projects or initiatives accurately.
• You often communicate complicated concepts simply and successfully with a non-technical audience.
• You consistently write non-trivial ADRs, RFCs, or documentation, that is clear and easy to understand.

4 Points

• You're relied upon to communicate complicated concepts simply and successfully with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Your RFCs, ADRs, and documentation are setting a high-quality standard for the rest of the organisation to follow.

5 Points

• You communicate company-level objectives clearly and how they relate to current and future initiatives and projects.
• You're relied upon as one of the best communicators of complicated technical subjects, tradeoffs, and decisions.

Feedback

1 Point

• You participate in code reviews with questions and lower-level feedback (e.g. code style and conventions)
• You give feedback through established channels when asked such as retros, 1:1s, or 360ºs.

2 Points

• You perform helpful code reviews, with a good balance of responsiveness and thoroughness.
• You often provide helpful feedback within established channels.

3 Points

• Your code review feedback is consistently the source of others’ learning.
• You consistently provide helpful and proactive feedback within established channels, sometimes also outside.

4 Points

• Your code review feedback is highly insightful, respected, and dependable across disciplines.
• You regularly offer proactive, helpful, and constructive feedback to others, inside and outside of established channels.

5 Points

• You refine existing and design new feedback channels and processes and improve the quality of the feedback loop across the entire organisation.